»Not German« but »British«
Hello »
jlynn1«
Welcome to the Forum.
By my experience and knowledge of European cutlery I may state: The here shown fruit knife
isn’t »
German«, but »
British«.
Seldom could you get German fruit knifes with a blade made from Silver (in this case: STERLING).
Markings on knife’s blades are very often differing in relation to maker’s mark “normal” punches. If »
WHSCo« on the knife’s blade signification is e.g. »
W.H.S.« [March 1906] of »
William Henry Sparrow« or »
William Hutton & Sons« or some body else I couldn’t state either.
Please look here (right side, middle): http://www.925-1000.com/dlBirmingham6.html#MThe form of the knife’s haft pattern is a classic »
Round stem«
pattern; but
hammered,
as it became usual on Continental cutlery after WWI. The
tip of the knife’s blade
isn’t very common — at least on German fruit knifes; that tip would be at least “
exotic”.
Well the
saw on the knife’s blade back, you could some times also find on German fruit knifes, e.g.
for oranges.
I hope that one of our British experts know this kind of knifes — and maybe the maker too.
Kind regards silverport
