Norman Hirst & Co
This ‘De Luxe’ stainless table knife was probably part of a cutlery canteen. Such canteens, with presentation cases in wood and with items marked Norman Hirst & Co, occasionally appear at auction. They are usually dated 1920s-1930s,which seems about right. They are marked ‘Sheffield’, though Norman Hirst & Co was not listed as a merchant or cutlery manufacturer in local directories. Hirst presumably was based elsewhere, though a search of b....
