Silver & Collectors' Items - 21st & 22nd October - 21st October 2014

Lot 241

A set of nineteen George III silver-gilt dessert knives and thirteen dessert forks

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1900

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Description

A set of nineteen George III silver-gilt dessert knives and thirteen dessert forks,

by William Abdy, London circa 1790,

the handles with a crest, one blade with marks for London 1835, the other blades and tines unmarked, (32)

Engraved with the insignia of George Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham.