Henry Timbrell & Company
This unusual table knife features what looks like a mid-nineteenth century carbon steel blade. However, the ferrule and handle give it a more modern look. The stamp ‘PATENT TIMBRELL’ offers few clues. An extensive trawl of contemporary printed sources has so far discovered only one possible lead. The London Gazette, 22 November 1844, recorded the bankruptcy of Henry Timbrell, who had been a manager at Mitton Mills, a worsted manufacturer at Stairport, Worcestershire. He had then trad....
