Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29th April 2015
Lot 508
A part canteen of George IV silver Fiddle
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A part canteen of George IV silver Fiddle, Thread and Shell pattern flatware,
by William Chawner, London 1824-28,
the terminals with the Halford crest, comprising: ten table forks, four tablespoons, seven dessert forks, six dessert spoons, a soup ladle, three teaspoons, a pair of sugar tongs, a butter knife, a sauce ladle, a pair of salt spoons, a condiment ladle, and a pair of graduated meat skewers, by Charles Eley, London 1824, plus eight single-struck teaspoons by Mary Chawner, and a salt spoon by Mary Chawner, approx. weight 124oz. (qty)