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In 1997, Case introduced the CopperLock. Designed by Tom Hart, the CopperLock (549L) combined elements from older Case knife patterns to make an entirely new knife with a fully locking blade. [6] Case celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the CopperLock in 2007. This pattern was retired to the Case XX Vault in July 2008. The SlimLock
Wooden trencher from Västergötland, Sweden, mid-17th century A modern cheeseboard A trencher (from Old French trancher 'to cut') is a type of tableware , commonly used in medieval cuisine . A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale ) bread used as a plate , upon which the food could be placed to eat. [ 1 ]
Sugar jar "Portman" pattern, 19th century. W H Grindley was an English pottery company that made earthenware and ironstone tableware, including flow blue.The company was founded in 1880 by William Harry Grindley, JP (b. 1859) of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Blue Ridge china. Blue Ridge is a brand and range of American tableware manufactured by Southern Potteries Incorporated from the 1930s until 1957.Well known in their day for their underglaze decoration and colorful patterns, Blue Ridge pieces are now popular items with collectors of antique dishware.
The 1930s were spent improving R. Wallace Mfg. Co.’s mass production techniques. The company released a series of sterling silver patterns created by designer William S. Warren, including Rose Point (1934), Sir Christopher (1936), Stradivari (1937), Grande Baroque (1941), Grand Colonial (1942), and Romance of the Sea (1950). [7]
The recommended range for wooden furniture is 45–55% RH. [18] Impacts of change in RH on wooden furniture: [19] Low RH. Wood shrinks and splits; Joints become loose and the elements no longer fir together tightly; Veneers and inlays suffer – If the underlying carcase wood shrinks, cracks will appear in the veneer and inlays become loose
J & G Meakin had close family and corporate affiliations to the potteries Johnson Brothers, and Alfred Meakin Ltd, which explains why many patterns are similar, if not almost exactly the same. There was a takeover by J. & G. Meakin in 1968 of Midwinter Pottery .
There is much evidence to prove that some trench art was made in the trenches, by soldiers, during war. [2]In With a Machine Gun to Cambrai, George Coppard tells of pressing his uniform buttons into the clay floor of his trench, then pouring molten lead from shrapnel into the impressions to cast replicas of the regimental crest.