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19TH CENTURY UTENSIL SET –
KNIFE AND FORK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION – MAKER MARKED –
OF THE TYPE USED BY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS: This
matching knife and fork set dates from the mid-19th
Century and is of the type Civil War soldiers would have
brought from home, or would have purchased from the
sutlers that followed the concentrations of troops on
campaign.
In very good condition, both pieces still retain their
original handles, or “scales” – made of a dark wood
known in the trade as “rosewood” and mounted on the
utensil tangs with brass pins. The knife blade is full
form with no signs of sharpening and legibly stamped
with the maker’s name, “GLOBE CUTLERY WORKS, NEW YORK”.
The blade is overall bright and smooth with some
scattered darkened patches. The fork is likewise full
form with full length sharp tines. Each handle is
capped with a pewter casting.
The Globe Cutlery Works was active in New York prior to
the Civil War, operated by a member of a family long
established in the cutlery trade in Sheffield, England.
As the army did not issue eating utensils to the
soldiers until well after the Civil War, they were
required to supply their own – normally purchased from
the commercial market. This would be a very good
representative set to display with your Civil War or
Early Indian War grouping of mess equipment. (0634)
$50
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