W. Brown & Sons
This wooden-handled meat slicer (probably for ham or beef) is forged from shear steel. It has evidently been re-sharpened repeatedly – a sign of long service. W. Brown & Sons did not apparently appear in any Sheffield directories. However, the address (228 Oxford Street) provides a clue. The Sheffield directory (1901) listed William Brown at that address as a salesman. He was also enumerated in the Census in that year at 228 Oxford Street. He was Nottingham-born, aged 21, and working a....
