Artist/Maker
Mappin Brother
Artist/Maker
Kesmode, F.
Dessert knives (12)
ca. 1900
andBaltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Place madeSheffield, England, Europe
Silver plate
Each: 8 7/8 × 1 × 5/8 in. (22.5 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm)
Gift of Louise S. Gilder, 12/14/73
INV.14528k-v
DescriptionTwelve silver plated dessert knives with double-swell fiddle handles, cast in vertical halves, with all over foliate scroll decortation; oval egg and dart or foliate handle sockets fitted with flat, curved blades; maker's marks stamped on the blades.Markingsstamped: on nine of the blades: "MAPPIN BROTHERS" over a floral motif over, "QUEEN"S CUTLERY WORKS/ SHEFFIELD"
stamped: on three of the blades: "F. KESMODE/ BALTIMORE"
ClassificationsSILVER
