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

Lot 275

‡A silver Feather-edge pattern canteen for twelve

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3000

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Description

‡A silver Feather-edge pattern canteen for twelve,

by Mappin and Webb, London 1919-23,

comprising: twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, twelve soup spoons, twelve dessert spoons, six tablespoons, twelve egg spoons, twelve fish knives and forks, (Sheffield 1919), with ivory handles, twelve fruit knives and forks, (Sheffield 1919), four vegetable serving spoons, a pair of fish servers, (Sheffield 1921), two fruit serving spoons, a pair of grape scissors, a pair of sauce ladles, a sugar sifting spoon, and a four-piece carving set, plus twelve later table knives and dessert knives, in a fitted three-drawer walnut case, with a hinged lift-up cover, on four tapering legs on four bun feet, approx. weighable 153oz.