Nutcrackers - Machirology - an early 20th century paternt co...

Hammer

£60

Nutcrackers - Machirology - an early 20th century paternt combination lever action nut cracker and knife, for two sizes of nut, the blade marked Joseph's Pat. Pending, 21-2-24, Rd. No. 703272, 21cm long; a 19th century steel lever-action nut cracker, of Queen Anne form, 11.5cm long, inlaid brass lozenges initialled M.N and dated 1877; a 19th century plier-form nut cracker, terminating in the head of a bird, 19.5cm long; another, French, for two sizes of nut, 14.5cm long (4)