Description
A Victorian collected canteen of a rare "unknown"*pattern with reeded stems and scroll decorated terminals comprising: eighteen tablespoons, sixteen tableforks, thirteen dessert spoons, nineteen dessert forks, eight teaspoons, two sauce ladles, one small dessert fork, a pickle fork, a butter knife, a basting spoon, a pair of engraved fish carvers (the slice inscribed) and a side knife, some pieces crested, the majority by Messrs Lias and William Theobalds, London 1843-1880 (except for six teaspoons, by W. Gibson & J. Longman 1896), 208oz. (83)
* See Pickford, I: Silver flatware pp152 for further details.
