Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24th January 2018
Lot 628
λA silver Old English pattern canteen for twelve
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1600
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Description
λA silver Old English pattern canteen for twelve,
by Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1914,
the terminals initialled, comprising: twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, (one later Sheffield 1970) twelve teaspoons, (one later, Sheffield 1926), six tablespoons, twelve soup spoons, twelve dessert spoons, two butter knives, two pickle forks, a pair of sugar tongs, four condiment spoons, twelve fish knives and forks with ivory handles, twelve fruit knives and forks with ivory handles, a soup ladle, a pair of sauce ladles, plus a six-piece ivory handled carving set, ivory handled knives, twelve electroplated handled knives plus two silver lobster picks, a pair of Scottish sugar tongs and various electroplated items, in a fitted four drawer canteen with doors, approx. weighable 141oz.