12 Pairs of Chantilly Pattern Sterling Silver Fish Knives and Forks (Blades Silver Plated) made in C1905
£885
12 Pairs of Chantilly Pattern Sterling Silver Fish Knives and Forks.
| Date | 1905 |
| Made By | Henry Birks & Sons |
| Location | Canada |
| Stock Number | FA233x5 |
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12 Pairs of Chantilly Pattern Sterling Silver Fish Knives and Forks (Blades Silver Plated) made in C1905
12 Pairs of Chantilly Pattern Sterling Silver Fish Knives and Forks.
A good matched set of 12 Fish knives and 12 Fish forks in the Chantilly pattern all by Henry Birks and Sons of Montreal Canada.
There are six pairs all made around 1905 with the initial C to the end and there are six pairs virtually identical (slightly different engraving to the blade and fork)made circa 1920 to match.
The handles are sterling silver (.925) purity and the blades are silver plate. The Chantilly pattern was first made in 1895 and is the silver pattern that was used by George Bush on Airforce One.
Dimensions, knife 21 cm, long fork 18.5 cm.
Henry Birks and Sons
An advertisement for a Birks-Ellis-Ryrie Jewellers in Toronto, c. 1920
Birks Group traces its origins to the opening by Henry Birks of a small jewellery shop in Montreal in 1879.
With an investment of CAD$3,000, Henry Birks opened in 1879 a small jewellery shop on Saint James Street in the heart of Montreal’s financial and commercial district. In 1893, Birks entered a partnership with his three sons (William, John and Gerald), and the name of the firm became Henry Birks and Sons. As the focus of Montreal’s commercial centre moved northward towards Saint Catherine Street, the Birks store moved to new premises on Phillips Square in 1894, where the company still maintains a store and corporate offices.
Starting in 1901, Birks oversaw the expansion of the company across Canada, with stores opening in the country’s largest cities. In some cases, it bought local jewellers, adding its name to the local one (the Birks store in Toronto was Birks-Ryrie and the one in Winnipeg was Birks-Dingwall). The store on Phillips Square in Montreal opened in 1907.
In 1934, Birks received a Royal Warrant of Appointment. In December 1934, Birks opened its first store in Vancouver.] In 1954, the first Canadian shopping centre opened in Dorval and Birks is the first to open a jewellery store within a shopping centre.
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