Lot Essay
G. W. Adams exhibited the Canova pattern, featuring Hebe, Sappho and the Dancing flower girl reposing, as a dessert service in silver and silver-gilt at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London.
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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, in fitted burled walnut case, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons, four 1863
Twelve dessert forks, six 1863
Twelve dessert knives, three 1863
Six serving spoons with fluted bowls, five 1867, one 1865
Two sugar sifting spoons with fluted bowls
One pair of grape shears
103oz. 10dwt. (3233gr.) (45)
Maker's mark of George Adams, London, 1856
Canova pattern, in fitted burled walnut case, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons, four 1863
Twelve dessert forks, six 1863
Twelve dessert knives, three 1863
Six serving spoons with fluted bowls, five 1867, one 1865
Two sugar sifting spoons with fluted bowls
One pair of grape shears
103oz. 10dwt. (3233gr.) (45)