Mid 20th Century Vintage Pair of Georgian Style Mahogany Knife Boxes

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Vintage Pair of Georgian Style Mahogany Knife Boxes

In the eighteenth-century knives and spoons, like tea, were items owned by … Read more Vintage Pair of Georgian Style Mahogany Knife Boxes

In the eighteenth-century knives and spoons, like tea, were items owned by the wealthy and required special cases for their storage and display. The knife box became a symbol of importance in any early dining room, since owning silver was a matter of great prestige. That symbolism carried over into subsequent centuries in which quality reproduction versions of the earliest knife boxes were popular utilitarian status symbols in dining rooms in America and abroad. Usually made and sold in pairs, knife boxes were designed with fitted interiors to hold a variety of cutlery.

This pair of Georgian-style knife boxes are well-made and in very nice vintage condition. Both are fitted with brass hinges and brass lion-head side handles for carrying. The two interiors are different from each other to better accommodate a variety of cutlery. See less