C1930’s Cased Iron Mongers / Cutlers Shop Window Display Of Various Knives & Tools For John Petty & Sons Sheffield With Original Illustrated John Petty & Sons Incorporating William Gregory & Sons, Joseph Mills, Trade Catalogue & Argyle Trade Leaflet. Knives

C1930’s Cased Iron Mongers / Cutlers Shop Window Display Of Various Knives & Tools For John Petty & Sons Sheffield With Original Illustrated John Petty & Sons Incorporating William Gregory & Sons, Joseph Mills, Trade Catalogue & Argyle Trade Leaflet. - 21161

In the 1850s, John Thomas Petty (c.1818-1887) appeared in directories as a grocer and shopkeeper at 58 Garden Street. By the 1860s, John T. Petty was forging blades again. In 1868, he advertised as a maker of farriers’ and oyster knives. He established a thriving business, which later passed to his sons (by his wife Sarah): John Thomas Petty (1848-1931) and Joseph Heald Petty (1856-1920). In the 1880s, John Petty moved to Crookesmoor Road (see Tweedale’s The Sheffield Knife Book page 248). The cutler William Gregory established his own business in 1843. He appeared in a Sheffield directory in 1865, making table and butchers’ knives in Peel Street, Broomhill. He died on 15 October 1909. The business was taken over by John Petty & Sons. Samuel’s son, Samuel Alfred, became the senior partner in Gregory Bros. William Gregory & Sons was still listed at Garden Street in Kelly's Directory of the Engineering, Hardware & Metal Trades, 1934, the location of John Petty & Sons. Joseph Mills was recorded as a Sheffield cutler in the 1860s. Joseph was a manufacturer of table and butchers’ knives in Allen Street. By the end of the 1880s, Joseph Mills had moved to Essex Works in Scotland Street, where he made table and butchers’ knives, cook and bread knives, and steel and cast steel cleavers. In the early 20th century, the works address was Court No. 5, Smithfield, and Scotland Street. Petty then acquired Mills’ trade mark. Charles Anthony Argyle (1859-1938) began business as a farriers’, plumbers’, and putty knife manufacturer. In 1901, C. A. Argyle & Co’s address was Pool Works, Burgess Street. The directory (1905) suggests that Argyle had acquired W. Grady & Co. By 1911, Argyle was based in West Hill Lane (off Devonshire Street). Argyle’s traded into the 1920s, when it became a limited company at Argyle Cutlery Works, 156 Rockingham Lane. However, it was liquidated in 1935. This is an original C1930 cased Iron Mongers / Cutlers Shop Window Display Of Various Knives & Tools For John Petty & Sons Sheffield. Many of the blades contained in the display bear the John Petty & Sons trade mark. The knives and tools are all mounted for display case with hinged glazed door with hook fasteners (to avoid damage we have not attempted to remove the tools and blades from their mounts). The glass of the door has bold gold leaf lettering ‘John Petty & Sons Sheffield’. All of the tools and blades are clean and fully functional. The rear of the case has mounts for wall hanging. An original Illustrated John Petty Trade Catalogue found with the display accompanies the case. The paper catalogue has 16 pages each containing many illustrations John Petty & Sons, William Gregory & Joseph Mills wares including descriptions of hilt types, sizes and prices. Inside the catalogue is a 2 leaf illustrated Argyle & Co Sheffield ‘VES’ trademark leaflet advertising their rubber tree tapping knives. The leaflet has a pencil hand written date ‘1930’ on the front cover. The price for this excellent cased set of blades & tools with associated period trade catalogue includes UK delivery. Sn 21161

£475.00