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05-22-2013, 03:55 PM #6
Pickslay & Co is the only maker stamp I can think of that fits the space on the top (I can only recall 5-6 cutlers with "& Co." around 1820-1840, but that sure doesn't mean there aren't others), but I'm not at all sure about the bottom being PERUVIAN SILVER STEEL. Back to 1826 when Pickslay was anonymously singing his own praises in the newspaper row over silver steel, he was calling it just 'Peruvian Steel' as a separate thing from silver steel. (The letter signed 'Another Friend To Invention' in the December 16th, 1826 edition of the Independent).
I could swear I've seen a razor stamped 'Perfected Silver Steel', but I never replied to this before because, unhelpfully, I can't remember where.-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.