A fine Hille burr walnut and ebonised wood canteen fitted with a suite of Richard Richardson silver

A fine Hille burr walnut and ebonised wood canteen fitted with a suite of Richard Richardson silver cutlery, the wooden canteen designed by Ray Hille in 1935, with rounded rectangular top, four fitted drawers over pedestal with single cupboard with single shelf and hinged door, the Richard Richardson cutlery comprising,

24 grapefruit spoons, one soup ladle, 12 soup spoons, 24 fish knives and forks, 2 fish carvers, 24 table knives and forks, 2 meat carvers, 1 steel, 48 knives and forks, 8 small servers, 26 dessert spoons, 24 dessert knives and forks, 24 dessert forks, 12 cheese knives, 12 coffee spoons, 12 tea spoons, 12 pastry forks, 2 cake knives, 2 forks and 2 sugar tongs, stamped marks Richard Richardson, Sheffield, 1937, 85cm. high, 135cm wide, 48cm deep.

Provenance

Private collection

Design, Woolley and Wallis Auctioneer's, 17th October 2018, lot 1395.

Private collection.

Literature

Sutherland Lyle, Hille - 75 Years of British Furniture, Elron Press/Victoria & Albert Museum, page 75 this actual canteen partially illustrated (lower right corner) in situ at the V&A Exhibition in 1981.