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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;i need help, post: 9559129, member: 5718&quot;]<a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-knife-fork-john-garside-1800s-430024006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-knife-fork-john-garside-1800s-430024006" rel="nofollow">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-knife-fork-john-garside-1800s-430024006</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This gives a bit of history on John Garside.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a cutlery set from the 1800’s. It is manufactured by John Garside in the Washington Factory in Newark, New Jersey. The knife is stamped “J. Garside Superior Cutlery” there are no markings on the fork. I found documentation on Mr. Garside that George Washington was presented with a set of ivory handled knives with the same markings while at Mount Vernon. At the time they were acquired by Mr. Washington, they were submitted to the Curator of Metals for the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Who after examining wrote, &quot;Dear Mr. Washington, The maker of your knives, J. Garside, is well known in Sheffield; and from the history of the cutlers company, I find that he was an apprentice in 1765. Yours very truly, [signed] John H. Buck curator.” There are 21 table knives with the New Your historical society that were presented to Matthew Calbraith Perry in 1855 that were made by J. Garside. Mr. Garside is mentioned in House of Commons Papers, New York Industrial Exhibition of 1854 as general excellence in the manufacture of table cutlery. I gently cleaned the cutlery, the handles with soap and water and I used a little cleanser on the steel. The steel still has a few more spots of rust and needs a little more cleaning. The knife measures 13 ¼” from the tip of the knife to the bottom of the handle and the fork measures 10 ½” from the tip of the tine to the bottom of the handle. One tine on the fork is slightly shorter. The knife is slightly dull and there are a few cracks in the handle. The handles are “faux” ivory, the collars look to be sterling silver but are not stamped, the blade on the knife and fork metal looks to be carbon steel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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