Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th April 2025
Lot 1132
A matched George III silver-gilt King's Hourglass pattern dessert service,
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3150
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Description
A matched George III silver-gilt King's Hourglass pattern dessert service,
mainly by Eley and Fearn, London 1807 and 1808,
comprising: two ice cream spades, eighteen dessert spoons, six dessert knives, eighteen dessert forks, eighteen dessert knives with steel blades, sixteen fruit knives with ceramic handles, Irish silver gilt blades, and fifteen dessert knives with steel blades and ceramic handles, engraved with crests total approx. weighable 82.8oz. (93)
Provenance: The Personal Collection of the late Michael and Margaret Susands.
The crest is that of The Earl of Landaff.
To be sold without reserve.