Cutlery Research Council laboratories: Operator controlling the machining of a die for a carving fork

Cutlery Research Council laboratories

Cutlery Research Council laboratories

Albert Clayton preparing a pearl handle for a blade at William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Final inspection of a variety of finished pearl products at William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Harry Ellis drilling the end of a pearl handle in readiness for the fitting of the knife blade, William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Herbert Gillott (one of the partners in the firm) splitting the mother-of-pearl from a shell. William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

S. J. Woulfe (right) is seen teaching the craft of pearl handle making to Rodney Eagling, a sixteen year old apprentice, William Gillott and Sons, pearl cutters, Pearl Works, Nos.17-21 Eyre Lane

Preparation of stag horn handles for carving knives, Lewis, Rose and Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturers, Debesco Works, Bowling Green Street

Fork filing, Lewis, Rose and Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturers, Debesco Works, Bowling Green Street