Antique I & H Sorby "shear Steel" Shears Hanging Sheep - Victoria's Crown

US $380

  • Sarasota, Florida, United States
  • Jun 22nd
Museum quality Still cuts paper! Antique  I & H SORBY 16 inch sheep shears marked "SHEAR STEEL" I&H SORBY  with Victoria's Crown and the Hanging Sheep mark Good Luck In 1844, Lockwood Bros acquired John Sorby & Sons. Thereafter, Lockwood’s (while still operating its Arundel Street factory in the town centre) owned Spital Hill Works and the Sorby marks. These marks have been found on trade knives or dags (short, flat daggers) exported to the American frontiersman and Native American for chopping, scalping, and stabbing. When this trade waned after the 1850s, Colonial markets became paramount. One Sorby catalogue was titled, ‘Colonists’ Guide to the Selection of Implements’. It showed a wide range of woodworking tools, such as braces and spoke shaves. In the late nineteenth century, theSpital Hill Works became one of the largest edge tool factories in Sheffield. Lockwood’s used John Sorby & Sons as a stand-alone name. Such was the reputation of ‘I. & H. Sorby’ that Lockwood Bros gave it as much prominence as its own trade mark. In one Sheffield directory (1868), Sorby marks had a full-page advertisement with multi-lingual text. In 1877, Lockwood’s re-registered ‘I. & H. Sorby’. The Illustrated Guide to Sheffield & Surrounding District (edited by John Taylor and published in 1879) also gave John Sorby & Sons and Lockwood’s equal billing.

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