Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 13th July 2021
Lot 215
A Victorian matched silver Old English Thread pattern canteen
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Victorian matched silver Old English Thread pattern canteen,
by Francis Higgins, London 1892-1901,
the reverse of the terminals crested, comprising: nineteen table forks, nineteen dessert forks, nineteen dessert spoons, eleven tablespoons, and a butter knife, plus an Old English pattern tablespoon, a teaspoon, four fish knives and forks, and four dessert knives, approx. weighable 163oz. (qty)
Provenance: From the Collection of the late Mr Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980)