1850s CARVED WOODEN BREAD SHEFFIELD ENGLAND BREAD KNIFE ISAAC ELLIS & SONS RARE

Description: For sale, a wonderful antique hand carved English wooden bread board cutting knife, treenware. It has it's original untouched patina finish. It is marked engraved in old English lettering "BREAD KNIFE" with lot's of scroll work, also engraved "Primus Isaac Ellis and Sons, Sheffield, England". Isaac Ellis was listed as a table knife manufacture at Norrisfield Works in 1837, by 1839 he worked and lived with his family in Hollis Croft. He moved to Garden Street by 1849 and was granted his Freedom by the Company of Cutlers and "PRIMUS" trade mark. Isaac Ellis passed away December 1865. It is 13 inches long, it reads "BREAD" all hand carved into the wood handle, also some wheat shaft styled carvings. Great little wood knob like end. Nice blade for cutting bread. It is in Wonderful Great used condition, normal marks from normal use. Just shows it's age well. This is TRULY the BEST of the Best super early RARE hand carved with great history bread knife that I have seen or able to own. What a great Rare early hand carved knife to use and display! These do not come up for sale very often. It would look great displayed in your Farm House home. I leave all items as in found condition. This auctions is for the BREAD Knife ONLY, all of the other items in the photos are sold separately on ebay. Buyer to pay shipping, I do pack items well for shipping. If you know antiques and vintage items, nothing is perfect, I list all that I can see. Selling As is. Time to thin out my collections! I have been a collector for over 45 years now. I am down sizing all of my collections from over the years!! Everything from antique to new will be listing on ebay! I was also a antique dealer for 35+ years in shops and online! This is just one of the many items that I have collected over the years, I will be selling more antique white ironstone cake stands, bowls, slop pots, vases, pitchers, chamber pots, plates, platters on ebay this year. Buyer to pay USPS shipping. I pack items well for shipping. Only shipping to the lower 48 states. No International shipping. Please bid with confidence, I have over 3000 plus 100 percent positive feedback. Any questions, please let me know. Thank you.

Price: 275 USD

Location: Earleville, Maryland

End Time: 2025-01-07T18:37:26.000Z

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