Thorneloe & Co
This table knife would have been made in Sheffield (maker unknown) for Thorneloe & Co, a local watchmaker and jeweller. The Thorneloe family came from Coventry, where John Thomas Thorneloe (1842-1890) was born. He was the son of a weaver, but became a watch finisher and was later in partnership with Charles J. Wareham and William Wareham. This was dissolved in 1875. John T. Thorneloe continued to trade in Coventry, but in the late 1880s relocated to Sheffield. Frustratingly, the establishment date on the blade cannot be ....
