These are beautiful vintage shorter-handed knives and forks that date to the 1960s.
They were made by Gerald Benney for Viners and the design is called Studio.
On offer here are a set of four pairs as shown.
Each knife is just over 8 inches in length. The forks are just slightly longer at 8 1/4 inches.
These are genuine vintage examples, as annotated on the back of each piece of cutlery: VINERS OF SHEFFIELD or with a slightly later Viners mark featuring a lion's head, as photographed. But otherwise all identical.
The designer Adrian Gerald Sallis Benney (1930 - 2008) was a celebrated British goldsmith and silversmith. He was born in Hull, Yorkshire and served as the Professor of Silversmithing and Jewellery at the Royal College of Art from 1974 - 1983. He was made a CBE in 1995. During a career spanning more than 50 years, he was the first British craftsman to hold four Royal Warrants simultaneously. His work has had a major impact on the survival of domestic silver in Britain.
In his early years, Benney was influenced by the purity and minimalism of Scandinavian design. From 1957 to 1969 he designed stainless steel cutlery for Viners. His most popular design was "Studio" and the design remains popular to this day.
Certainly one of Britain's most interesting 20th-century designers.
UK Postage will be with Royal Mail Recorded Delivery. This will cost £4.95 and will be applied at checkout. There will be postal discounts for multiple purchases from my Studio Range.