FIRTH !! Vintage Lot/Set of Firth Staybrite Stainless Fish Fork & Knife - Faux Bone Handles

VINTAGE LOT / SET OF FIRTH STAYBRITE SHEFFIELD STAINLESS STEEL FISH FORK & KNIFE WITH FAUX BONE HANDLES

THIS IS THE 4th LOT/SET OF FIRTH STAYBRITE VINTAGE SHEFFIELD STAINLESS FISH FORK AND KNIFE WITH FAUX BONE HANDLES

"STAYBRITE" WAS THE TRADE NAME GIVEN TO 18/8 STAINLESS STEEL IN 1924 BY STEELMAKERS THOMAS FIRTH OF SHEFFIELD WHEN THEY BEGAN TO PUBLICISE THE REMARKABLE MATERIAL WHICH HAD BEEN DISCOVERED BY THEIR METALLURGIST HARRY BREARLEY IN 1913.  ALL PRE-WAR ITEMS WERE MARKED "STAYBRITE" OR "FIRTH STAYBRITE"  AFTER THE WAR THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO "STAINLESS STEEL" AND IN 1959 "18/8" WAS ADDED TO "STAINLESS STEEL"

THIS LOT / SET CONSISTS OF A PERFECT CONDITION FIRTH STAYBRITE FISH FORK AND MATCHING FISH KNIFE, EACH FITTED WITH FAUX BONE HANDLES AND EACH WITH AN ETCHED DESIGN.

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE KNIFE IS BLADESTAMPED - "FIRTH STAYBRITE"

CONDITION : BOTH ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO RUST, PATINA, STAINS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : FORK - 16.5cm LENGTH.....2.2cm WIDTH OF PRONGS.....1.6cm WIDTH OF HANDLE TOP

          KNIFE - 19.4cm LENGTH.....2cm WIDTH OF BLADE.....1.6cm WIDTH OF HANDLE TOP

ONE BID FOR BOTH ITEMS AS A LOT/SET

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