
A collection of English porcelain knife and fork hafts, circa 1755-75 Of pistol grip form with silver ferrules and steel blades and prongs, each painted in blue, comprising two pairs of Bow knife and fork hafts, one pair moulded with rococo shell, scroll and leaf ornament and painted in blue with flowers and scrollwork, 7cm and 7.8cm long excluding fittings, the other decorated with lambrequins and scrollwork in St Cloud style, 6.5cm and 7cm long excluding fittings, knife blade marked 'BENHAM WIGMORE ST', together with two Worcester knife hafts in the 'Knife Handles Formal Daisy' pattern, 8.5cm and 10.5cm long excluding fittings, and a rare Caughley knife haft also painted with formal scrollwork, 7.8cm long excluding fittings, the blade marked 'GR/ IEF/ RIS' beneath a crown (7) Footnotes: Provenance With Rod Jellicoe (moulded Bow hafts) Phelps Collection, Christie's, 1 October 1984, lot 161 (Worcester hafts) Lyn and Maurice Hillis Collection 'GR/ IEF/ RIS' is the mark of a member of the Jeffreys (or Jeffries) family of London cutlers. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
































