A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CUTLERY-BOXES of serpentine form, each with loop handle and scrolling foliate escutcheon, the hinged lid enclosing a red velvet-lined fitted interior, the compartments delineated by silver brocade, the sides with foliate-cast carrying-handles, on claw-and-ball feet, enclosing a contemporary composite canteen of sixty pieces, the knives and forks each with green-stained bone handle, silver tang and butt and steel shaft, comprising: twenty-four knives; twenty-four forks, nineteen marked GR/IEF/RIS below a crown, twelve of the knives with curved blades, twelve with pointed blades three of which are of slightly later date; and twelve silver spoons with year marks for 1775 and a crest of a lion rampant; the silver marked I.W. numerous times