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oa A Platinum Gift to King George III
A Gesture by William Hasledine Pepys, Cutler and Instrument Maker
- Source: Platinum Metals Review, Volume 26, Issue 1, Jan 1982, p. 34 - 37
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- 01 Jan 1982
Abstract
In 1805, when malleable platinum was only just becoming available in small quantities, the son of a London cutler and surgical instrument maker who extended his father’s business into the design and manufacture of scientific instruments, made a pair of platinum fruit knives which he asked Sir Joseph Banks, then the President of the Royal Society, to present to King George III and Queen Charlotte.
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