Knife ex Cliveden
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Acquisition number:
1115
Catalogue number:
emobj0001
File name:
OBJ0001
File location:
Book case
Entree knife with silver plated handle and stainless steel blade. The blade is engraved with the words 'Grosvenor Delphic' written in copperplate style and on an angle to the blade. Across the base of the blade in block letters and over two lines are the words, 'Firth-Brearley Stainless 3' The handle is engraved with the word 'Cliveden' in copperplate style writing.
Harry Brearley of Sheffield, England, is credited with inventing 'rustless' steel in 1915. In 1917 he and Thomas Firth established the Firth-Brearlely Stainless Steel Syndicate, which controlled the right to export stainless steel. The logo, “Firth-Brearley Stainless,” was to be stamped on all knife blades made under the aegis of the syndicate.
Grosvenor, an Australian cutlery manufacturer, was established in 1928.
The knife was used at Cliveden Mansions.
Item type:
Advertisement
Building name:
Cliveden Mansions
Subject address:
192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne
Item size:
21.5 cm
Item condition:
Fair
Date of publication or creation:
1950c History of item:
Donor's grandmother 'knew a fellow who was a waiter there who obviously enjoyed pilfering bits and pieces.'
Year acquired:
2015
Donor:
Christopher Strachan Location map:
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