Wade Wingfield & Rowbotham
Wade Wingfield & Rowbotham
Picked this up at the weekend. Its a bit strange having different stamps on each blade. The large blade is simple in its stamped No 82 Tenter Street Sheffield, so Wade Wingfield & Rowbotham. The next blade is stamped Baxter Bury St Edmunds and thats what attracted me to the knife,I live close to Bury so that was my interest. I've done a quick search and come up with "Baxter Samuel, cutler, 95 St. John's street, Bury St Edmunds ". The smallest blade is stamped H Green, the owner maybe? The scales are stage or bone can't make my mind up and are riveted with "birds eye rivets", it has metal liners and bolster.
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Re: Wade Wingfield & Rowbotham
Beautiful old knife Gerry! W-W-R I believe was out of business in the 1850's and the birdseye rivets should further confirm the date to around 1840 or so.Does it have one piece liners/bolsters? That's another indicator. I have a small stag handled single blade knife with birdseye rivets by Charles Congreve who was out of business in the 1840's.
The only item I have with their stamp is a 7 day straight razor set with a presentation shield on the box dated 1899. Strange that they sat around for nearly forty years before being presented to someone. A little research told me that the other name on the box(Whiteaway & Laidlaw Co.)was a retailer in India;a British colony at the time so it is possible that they languished there. Also the regiment the presentee was affiliated with was based in India.
The only item I have with their stamp is a 7 day straight razor set with a presentation shield on the box dated 1899. Strange that they sat around for nearly forty years before being presented to someone. A little research told me that the other name on the box(Whiteaway & Laidlaw Co.)was a retailer in India;a British colony at the time so it is possible that they languished there. Also the regiment the presentee was affiliated with was based in India.
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