Interesting Samuel Bromley Carving Set

[unclepaulie]

Trying to get a bit more info on this carving set by Samuel Bromley. What strikes me as interesting is the size of the set, the knife itself is 22" long with the blade being 14". What would this be used for?

[knife7knut]

Nice carving set! The knife was made for carving large slices of meat.The horsehead pommels apparently were made for a variety of makers as I have seen them on many different knives;including this 1960's era Fred James bowie. He worked for George Wostenholm at one time and had in his possession many of Wostenholm's etch pattern and stamps. He likely either had a supply of horsehead pommels or the molds to make them.
I'm not familiar with the Bromley name but I would say it dates to the mid-19th century.
EDIT Here's a pic of the James bowie handle and pommel.

[Gunsil]

Uncle, it appears that the mounts are sterling and hallmarked. Among those hallmarks are a date mark which can be decoded and provide you with the exact year the mounts were made. They could have been made and assayed a year or more before the knives were assembled but they will give you a very close date. One mark will be the assay city stamp and the one that is a letter of the alphabet is the date stamp, You will need to know the assay city to decode the date mark but there are online reference charts for the city and dates.

[unclepaulie]

Nice carving set! The knife was made for carving large slices of meat.The horsehead pommels apparently were made for a variety of makers as I have seen them on many different knives;including this 1960's era Fred James bowie. He worked for George Wostenholm at one time and had in his possession many of Wostenholm's etch pattern and stamps. He likely either had a supply of horsehead pommels or the molds to make them.
I'm not familiar with the Bromley name but I would say it dates to the mid-19th century.
EDIT Here's a pic of the James bowie handle and pommel.

Good evening, I did see the horseheads on several other makers and different types of knives. Also came across a Bromley bowie in my search. What peeks my interest is the size of the knife as well as the fork, wondering what meat it would be cutting. I think it's too large for a ham, turkey or anything like that. Could it have been an over exaggeration in size?

[knife7knut]

I have several carving knives with the rounded ends that are essentially for slicing ham and the biggest one is a Queen with a 10 1/2" blade. Seems to me back when these knives were in fashion they were likely used to slice large hunks of meat at family gatherings.JMHO

[unclepaulie]

I have several carving knives with the rounded ends that are essentially for slicing ham and the biggest one is a Queen with a 10 1/2" blade. Seems to me back when these knives were in fashion they were likely used to slice large hunks of meat at family gatherings.JMHO

What has me stumped is that this blade is 14".