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Knife ex Cliveden

East Melbourne

  • 192 Wellington Parade

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Cliveden knife c.1950 Open full image ↗
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

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