Description
Rare antique H. Thompson curved sharp point cobbler leather working and cutting knife. Vintage collectible made in Sheffield England collectible knives and shoe maker tools.
The Thompsons were cutlery retailers in Dublin in the 19th and 20th century. Henry sold cased sets of carvers, dessert and fish sets, tea and coffee sets, scissors, sporting and pocket knives, and silver and electro-plated goods (Irish Times, 21 December 1909). Henry’s son, Harry (1892-1971), was also a cutler. In the 1920s, Thompson’s sold stainless table knives marked ‘H. Thompson, 12 Nassau Street, Dublin, Firth Stainless, Made in Sheffield’.
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