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Victorian Breadboard & Bread Knife
£68.00
A Victorian bread knife and a bread board with "Bread" carved typography. We are selling these individually, so please make your choices in the box below.
A Victorian bread knife with a carved wheat sheaf decorated sycamore wood handle and a carbon steel blade engraved "Joseph Hodgers & Sons Cutlers to his majesty" / Length 31cm £68
A Victorian breadboard with "Bread" carved typography / Diameter 27cm / Height 2.5cm £68
Provenance: The Tudor House, Old Town Hastings, UK
Country of origin: UK
Condition: all very good. The knife has seen well over a hundred years of use and has a wonderful time and hand-worn patina, both to the handle and blade. The breadboard is is also in great condition and has a wonderful patina.
The Christmas House
The Tudor House, Hastings, also known as The Christmas House, when it opened to visitors each December, had a place in the hearts of the many that passed through its wee front door. It was a magical experience, and was likened to stepping into a Brothers Grimm fairytale. The house is now sold and has passed into memory, yet its magical contents are not quite gone, as Alastair has saved the best for last - for our extra-special Christmas House Contents Sale.
The eclectic mix of primitive Eastern European furniture, English country furniture, folk-art and Black Forest antiques chosen for the house were honest and humble, yet always remarkable, and put together with a sense of theatre - to achieve a more contemporary take on the past. “It’s all about a careful mix, a telling of a story, and I hope others will find pleasure in the treasures I’ve collected and curated” says Alastair. “Select pieces that create surprise, that transform your space beyond reality!”
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