Silver & Collectors' Items - 22nd and 23rd July - 22nd July 2014

Lot 272

A George IV and William IV matched silver King's pattern flatware

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A George IV and William IV matched silver King's pattern flatware,

by various makers including Eley, Fearn and Chawner and Mary Chawner, London 1823-1836,

the terminals with a crest, comprising: nineteen tablespoons, seventeen table forks, ten dessert spoons, eleven dessert forks, eleven teaspoons, a soup ladle, a basting spoon, a pair of sauce ladles, a sugar sifting spoon, a soup ladle, a basting spoon, a stilton scoop, and four salt spoons, approx. weight 206oz. (qty) 

This lot has an additional tablespoon, table fork, dessert fork and dessert spoon.

The crest is that of Rooke.

Provenance: The Old Rectory, Little Langford, Wiltshire. Sold by order of Trustees of the Estate of the late Miss S.F. Rooke.