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19TH CENTURY UTENSIL SETS –
KNIFE AND FORK - IN VERY GOOD CONDITION – MAKER MARKED –
OF THE TYPE USED BY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS: These
matching knife and fork sets date from the mid-19th
Century and are of the type Civil War soldiers would have
brought from home, or would have purchased from the
sutlers that followed the concentrations of troops on
campaign. As the army did not issue eating
utensils to the soldiers until well after the Civil War,
they were required to supply their own – normally
purchased from the commercial market.
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NO. 1:
In very good condition, both pieces still retain their
original handles, or “scales” – made of a dark wood
known in the trade as “rosewood” and mounted on the
utensil tangs with brass pins. The knife blade is full
form with no signs of sharpening and legibly stamped
with the maker’s name, “GLOBE CUTLERY WORKS, NEW YORK”.
The blade is overall bright and smooth with some
scattered darkened patches. The fork is likewise full
form with full length sharp tines. Each handle is
capped with a pewter casting.
The Globe Cutlery Works was active in New York prior to
the Civil War, operated by a member of a family long
established in the cutlery trade in Sheffield, England.
This would be a very good
representative set to display with your Civil War or
Early Indian War grouping of mess equipment. (0634)
$50
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NO.
2:
In very good condition, both pieces still retain their
original handles, or “scales” – made of bone and mounted on the
utensil tangs with pins and pewter inlays. The knife blade is full
form with no signs of sharpening and legibly stamped
with the maker’s name, “NEW YORK KNIFE CO.”.
The blade is overall bright and smooth. The fork is likewise full
form with full length sharp tines.
The New York Knife Company was founded in Matteawan, New York
in 1852 by 16 employees of the Waterville Cutlery
Company who wanted to strike out on their own. In
1856 the company moved to Walden where they would remain
until their closing in 1931. This would be a very good
representative set to display with your Civil War or
Early Indian War grouping of mess equipment. (0202)
$50
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