SHEFFIELD !! Antique 1900 Henry Hobson & Son Sterling Silver Fish Knife - Kings Pattern

ANTIQUE 1900 HENRY HOBSON & SON, SHEFFIELD, STERLING SILVER HANDLED FISH KNIFE - KINGS PATTERN

HENRY HOBSON & SON WAS ESTABLISHED IN SHEFFIELD IN 1845 AND HAD BRANCHES IN BOTH LONDON AND SHEFFIELD.  THE FIRM DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EXISTED FOR LONG AFTER 1912

THIS ITEM IS A GEORGIAN STERLING SILVER .925 HANDLED FISH KNIFE AND ALTHOUGH THE BLADE IS MARKED - "H H & S" AND NOT EPNS AND HAS NO PLATE LOSS ETC, IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL IF THE BLADE IS ALSO SILVER.  THE HANDLE HOWEVER IS IMPRESSED WITH "H H & S" FOLLOWED BY THE SHEFFIELD CROWN HALLMARK, THE LION AND THEN THE DATE LETTER, GOTHIC "t" FOR 1900

THE KNIFE HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH THE KINGS PATTERN HANDLE DESIGN AND THE BLADE IS PATTERN ETCHED

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE HANDLE IS HALLMARKED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

CONDITION : THE HANDLE HAS SOME DENTS AND A VERY TINY HOLE.  ASIDE FROM THIS THE KNIFE HAS NO OTHER DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 17.8cm LENGTH.....2.2cm WIDTH OF BLADE.....1.8cm WIDTH OF HANDLE TOP.....0.7cm HANDLE THICKNESS

WEIGHT : 26.1g

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