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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
Whilst many other of the courts or departments into
which the Exhibition is divided, contain specimens of
goods manufactured in various parts of the empire, the
Sheffield Court is exclusively appropriated to the manufac-
tures of the " metropolis of steel," in the manufacture of
which, and of tools and cutlery, she stands unrivalled. It
thereon—" Smith," or « Brown," Stoke Pogis, Fecit •
but his premises are destitute of a table-knife or razor
hearth, and his goods are of Sheffield manufacture. There
is no part of the world in which the cutlery of Sheffield is
not esteemed.
The Sheffield Court, while it is one of the most exten-
is true we still often hear of London-made cutlery, a
branch of town trade not absolutely extinct; but as 99 per
cent, of the cutlery sold in London, as well as in other
parts of the British empire, is made at Sheffield, we may
FIRE-GRATE.----STUART AND SMITH, SHEFFIELD.
sive, is also one of the most miscellaneous in the Exhi-
bition, for it comprises all kinds of articles, from splendid
stoves and handsome fenders to the most minute scissors
and Liliputian pen-knives. In fact, a glance at the centre
FENDER.----HOOLE, R0I5S0N, AND HOOLE, SHEFFIELD.
reasonably say that Sheffield is the representative of the
cutlery trade of the kingdom. Mr. Smith or Mr. Brown
ot btoke Pogis, may vend his ivorv-handled table-knives,
or His Ne plus ultra razors, with tlie words duly stamped
page, which represents part ot one side 01 the space de-
voted to Sheffield, will g'ive a better idea of the diversity
of objects exhibited, than could any words of ours.
The manufacture of anvils, fire-irons, grate*,
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
Whilst many other of the courts or departments into
which the Exhibition is divided, contain specimens of
goods manufactured in various parts of the empire, the
Sheffield Court is exclusively appropriated to the manufac-
tures of the " metropolis of steel," in the manufacture of
which, and of tools and cutlery, she stands unrivalled. It
thereon—" Smith," or « Brown," Stoke Pogis, Fecit •
but his premises are destitute of a table-knife or razor
hearth, and his goods are of Sheffield manufacture. There
is no part of the world in which the cutlery of Sheffield is
not esteemed.
The Sheffield Court, while it is one of the most exten-
is true we still often hear of London-made cutlery, a
branch of town trade not absolutely extinct; but as 99 per
cent, of the cutlery sold in London, as well as in other
parts of the British empire, is made at Sheffield, we may
FIRE-GRATE.----STUART AND SMITH, SHEFFIELD.
sive, is also one of the most miscellaneous in the Exhi-
bition, for it comprises all kinds of articles, from splendid
stoves and handsome fenders to the most minute scissors
and Liliputian pen-knives. In fact, a glance at the centre
FENDER.----HOOLE, R0I5S0N, AND HOOLE, SHEFFIELD.
reasonably say that Sheffield is the representative of the
cutlery trade of the kingdom. Mr. Smith or Mr. Brown
ot btoke Pogis, may vend his ivorv-handled table-knives,
or His Ne plus ultra razors, with tlie words duly stamped
page, which represents part ot one side 01 the space de-
voted to Sheffield, will g'ive a better idea of the diversity
of objects exhibited, than could any words of ours.
The manufacture of anvils, fire-irons, grate*,