Victorian English Horn Handled Toast Fork & Bread Knife Vintage Japanese protection

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A beautiful example of traditional French country kitchenware

Made circa 1920s

making it equally suited for an entryway

Made circa 1850

Victorian English Horn Handled Toast Fork & Bread Knife Vintage Japanese protectionIn English houses before electric toasters, bread was held over the fire on a long fork like this one. Once toasted, it was sliced with a proper Sheffield steel knife and Sheffield steel was the standard. If it came from Sheffield, you knew it would hold its edge. The horn handles are beautifully aged each one slightly different, because horn always is and the silver plated fittings finish it cleanly without fuss. The fact that it still has its