Alveston
Knife Sharpener
1964 (designed and made)
1964 (designed and made)
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Knife sharpener, brass prototype for a carving set, the handle of teardrop form, waisted centre, rounded end, the faces of the handle slightly convex, the sharpening steel a striated rod reducing to a pointed end and connected to the handle by a waisted throat.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Alveston (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Brass. forged |
| Brief description | Knife sharpener, brass prototype, Sheffield, Harrison Fisher and Co., for Old Hall Tableware, 1964, designed by Robert Welch MBE, RDI. |
| Physical description | Knife sharpener, brass prototype for a carving set, the handle of teardrop form, waisted centre, rounded end, the faces of the handle slightly convex, the sharpening steel a striated rod reducing to a pointed end and connected to the handle by a waisted throat. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Prototype |
| Credit line | Gift of Robert Welch, MBE, RDI. |
| Object history | Made by Harrison Fisher & Co. Ltd., Sheffield, for OLd Hall Tableware Ltd, Blowich, Staffordshire |
| Associated object | Circ.654-1965 (Design) |
| Bibliographic reference | Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Robert Welch, Design: Craft & Industry, London, Laurence King Publishing, 2015. pp.106-7. ill. ISBN: 9781780676050 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.645-1965 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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