Ivory fruit knife

[Granmaa]

Here is a very nice ivory handled fruit knife, and having encountered Georgian ivory fruit cutlery before, I removed the blade and had a look at the silver tang. Sure enough, I found the Sheffield date letter for 1802 and a maker's mark: G*D. Jackson's has George Dalton who entered hs mark in 1794, but there is no picture; can anyone confirm?

Here is a previous thread on tang marking:
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5545&highlight=kippax

Miles

[paulh]

Hello Granmaa,

Page 16 of the Sheffield assay Office register confirms the mark of George Dalton. Entered Sept. 8th 1794 as “Plate Worker, Sims Croft.”

Paul.

[Granmaa]

Excellent, thanks very much Paul.