An American Parcel-Gilt Silver Presentation Bread Tray And Matching Knife, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1871

the circular tray with turned-over border applied with gilt wheat stalks and grape vines on a matted ground, the well engraved William G Pickersgill FROM THE PROVIDENCE TOOL CO. IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PLEASEANT INTERCOURSE, AND HIS EFFICIENT AND FAITHFULL SERVICES PROVIDENCE.R.I.U.S.A.  1872, on three small bracket feet,  the knife with pistol handle similarly decorated, in original leather case lined in blue satin

tray and knife in very good condition, slight wear to blue satin interior and leather case at edges
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William Pickersgill received multiple patents in the late 1860s and 1870s, for sewing machine improvements, a match box, and other devices.