Victorian Cutlery

Scope and content:

2- Victorian-era cutlery including both a knife and a fork. Both the knife and the fork have handles either of bone or ivory. The prongs of the fork and blade of the knife are worn with some patina but very little rust is present. The fork is three pronged, and the knife had a blade which appears wider than a standard dinner knife today.The blade of the knife is stamped with the words [W&G Tarleton Sheffield] as well as the British Imperial crown flanked by the letters V and R [Victoria Regina]. Although the blade is marked, efforts to find any details about the manufacturer have yielded nothing. Cutlery Manufacturing in Sheffield England is rare today and few records exist about the manufacturers who were based in Sheffield during the Victorian era. Images are available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/scrc/5766123322/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/scrc/5766123554/. Located in T&E S6 SS3, Box 11. Mss 39.1B57A01a-b

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Parent terms of access:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.