SILVER /MOTHER OF PEARL FRUIT KNIFE (Hallmarked For Sheffiel...

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SILVER /MOTHER OF PEARL FRUIT KNIFE (Hallmarked For Sheffield 1872) By Maker John Yeomans Cowlishaw (Early Fruit Knife In This Style).
(John Yeomans Cowlishaw, born on 7 May 1829, in Sheffield, he was the son of John Henry Cowlishaw and Mary Ann Mappin, his father was a clothier and traveller, his mother was the daughter of Joseph Mappin of Mappin Bros soon to be Mappin and Webb. After his fathers death John and his brother, Joseph, were raised by their uncle, John Newton Mappin, who inherited the Masboro Old Brewery business and co-founded a cutlery business. The boys were later placed in the custody of a spinster aunt, Elizabeth Mappin, who believed the boys were ill served being associated with the brewing industry. John was eventually apprenticed in the art of Pearl cutting at Mappins on Pepper Alley)