Marsden & Lowe
The Marsden family originated in west Yorkshire and by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many Marsdens had settled in Sheffield and were active in the cutlery and edge tool trades. During the nineteenth century, they specialised in pen, pocket, and table knives. They achieved neither public prominence nor joined the roster of Master Cutlers, but between about 1815 and 1880 they were among the most active of working-class cutlery families. The partners in this enterprise were Christopher Lowe and Jo....
