Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 12th April - 12th April 2022

Lot 248

A pair of late-Victorian Regimental silver Albany pattern fruit serving spoons

Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £90

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Description

A pair of late-Victorian Regimental silver Albany pattern fruit serving spoons, The 28th Bombay Infantry.

by Gibson and Langman, Sheffield 1890,

the reverse of the stems engraved with the Regimental badge, approx. weight 5.8oz. (2)

In 1885 The Bombay Native Infantry was designated the 28th Bombay Infantry (pioneers), During World War I it was deployed to defend the Suez Canal.