S. N. Kilner & Sons Ltd
This knife was made in Sheffield for a Leeds jewellery retailer. The founder was Samuel Nicholson Kilner (1858-1942), who was born in Leeds, the son of Thomas (a joiner) and his wife, Elizabeth. Samuel worked as an ironmonger and then became a jeweller’s assistant. In 1883, he married Sarah Inchbold (1859-1932), who was the daughter of a warehouseman. Samuel and Sarah had a daughter, Mabel, and two sons: Rowland (1886-1957) and Frederick (1890-1977). By 1911, Samuel had become a jewe....
