Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9559474, member: 5833&quot;]George Washington died in 1799.&nbsp; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, if that is what&#039;s meant, was just a twinkle in John Jay&#039;s eye in 1866.</p><p><br /></p><p>This catalogue entry, #9 under Cutlery and Edge Tools, mentions handles &quot;ornamented with medallions of distinguished characters&quot;, but does not expand on the nature of the handles:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X8uz6Iebr4sC&amp;pg=PA76&amp;lpg=PA76&amp;dq=john+garside+cutlery+company&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=6uFvvzHTVN&amp;sig=ACfU3U3y9b-hCiHP1O0x2ESEFcfq0hEvBw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjh8t78wvOBAxVzM1kFHVlJC9s4ChDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20garside%20cutlery%20company&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X8uz6Iebr4sC&amp;pg=PA76&amp;lpg=PA76&amp;dq=john+garside+cutlery+company&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=6uFvvzHTVN&amp;sig=ACfU3U3y9b-hCiHP1O0x2ESEFcfq0hEvBw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjh8t78wvOBAxVzM1kFHVlJC9s4ChDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20garside%20cutlery%20company&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=X8uz6Iebr4sC&amp;pg=PA76&amp;lpg=PA76&amp;dq=john+garside+cutlery+company&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=6uFvvzHTVN&amp;sig=ACfU3U3y9b-hCiHP1O0x2ESEFcfq0hEvBw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjh8t78wvOBAxVzM1kFHVlJC9s4ChDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=john garside cutlery company&amp;f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Entry #13 is more specific:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457049[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Executed by machinery&quot; explains a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to see this side after a gentle cleaning with water, dish washing liquid &amp; the application of a soft toothbrush,&nbsp; It may reduce the darkness of the lines somewhat &amp; is safe for ivory or synthetic, but do not soak for any length of time.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457033[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Going on what may be the faulty assumption that the distinguished characters on the handle relate to one another, these are Victoria&#039;s predecessors, </p><p><br /></p><p>King George III</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and King George IV:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457051[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve come round to ivory.&nbsp; Looks like Garside was known for ivory handles &amp; company&#039;s heyday was pre-synthetic.&nbsp; It&#039;s easy to forget that ivory was not seen quite so much as a luxury item then as it is now.&nbsp; My ivory cameos are all set in very inexpensive ways, not in the gold you might expect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in