Six knives and forks in a Box Book ( 1936)

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In the original box book with dark blue velvet covered inside and dark red cloth covered boards with title in gold on front cover and spine. (see scan 2 & 1)

Made by Wheatley brothers , Sheffield rustless cutlery , England, Probably before 1936. See text below..

The outside dimensions of the box: 7 wide, 9.7 high, 1.5deep

The knives (8.6 length over all) bear the Wheatley Brothers Mark: a wheat sheaf (see scan 5 and 6), accompanied by the text: Wheatley Brothers Sheffield, Rustless steel)

The forkst (6.8 long) also bear the wheat sheaf, looking like a silver mark, followed by W. Bros and preceded by BLANCONA SILVER (Yes, in capitals)

The knives and forks are in excellent conditions
The book like box has some little defects along the spine and corners.

About 200 workers were said to have been employed at Wheatley Bros by 1900 (when the business relocated to Wheat Sheaf Works, John Street) Wheatley Bros benefited from the Victorian consumer boom. It was a leading supplier to hotels of table cutlery, tea services, entree dishes, electro-plate on best nickel silver, toast racks and spoons and forks. A silver mark was registered in Sheffield in 1892.
W.T. Wheatley was a keen trademark defender and supported the idea of a national trademark for British manufacturers. Wheatley Bros' own mark was a sheaf of wheat.
W.T. Wheatley died on 4 May 1912 and, like his brother Sam, was buried in Ecclesall. The firm became a limited liability company under his sons William Ernest Wheatley (1874-1931) and Frank Villiers Wheatlay (1874-1924). In 1936, Wheatley Bros ceased trading.

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