A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE

MAKER'S MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1856

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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
MAKER'S MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1856
CANOVA PATTERN, THE HANDLES CAST AND CHASED WITH FEMALE FIGURE, THE REVERSE WITH A MALE MASK AND A SHAPED OVAL CARTOUCHE ENGRAVED WITH A CREST, THE DESSERT KNIFE BLADES CHASED WITH A SEMI-CLAD FEMALE FIGURE HOLDING A WINE EWER AND A CUP, FULLY MARKED AND IN FITTED WOOD CASE, COMPRISING,
EIGHTEEN DESSERT SPOONS
EIGHTEEN DESSERT FORKS
EIGHTEEN DESSERT KNIVES
SIX SERVING SPOONS WITH SHELL BOWLS
A PAIR OF GRAPE-SCISSORS
A SIFTING SPOON
104OZS. (3.227GRS.) (62)

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THIS RARE PATTERN WAS REGISTERED BY CHAWNER AND COMPANY IN 1850 AND EXHIBITED BY THEM AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION AT CRYSTAL PALACE IN 1853. THE DESIGN IS BASED ON THE FIGURES OF HEBE, SAPPHO AND A DANCING GIRL BY THE CELEBRATED 19TH CENTURY SCULPTOR CANOVA.

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