Pocket Fruit knife by Arthur Staniforth of Sheffield, 1915

Arthur Worral Staniforth was making folding silver fruit knives from his Holly Street workshop in Sheffield from the late 1880s until he died in 1919. This teardrop shaped example of a Staniforth fruit knife measures 3 inches closed. It is made with fine brass liners, iridescent mother-of-pearl scales, an inlaid silver cartouche and silver bolsters. The spearpoint blade has four hallmarks from the Sheffield Assay Office: the Sheffield crown, lion passant, date letter “x” for 1915 and the maker’s mark “AS”. This fine pocket fruit knife is in excellent condition.