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A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT SERVICE
LONDON, 1890, MAKER'S MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO.
Vine pattern, the openwork stems formed as entwined foliate grapevines, the reverses engraved with a monogram, comprising:
Eighteen dessert spoons
Eighteen teaspoons
Eighteen ice-cream spoons
Eighteen dessert forks
Four large serving spoons
A sugar sifter
A pair of sugar tongs
A pair of picks with silver-gilt blades
(157 oz. 10 dwt.)
Eighteen dessert knives with parcel-gilt silver blades
A pair of grape shears with silver-gilt findings
Two nut-crackers, the stems formed as acorns, with similar foliate decoration and carved foliate ivory handles
In fitted wood chest
LONDON, 1890, MAKER'S MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO.
Vine pattern, the openwork stems formed as entwined foliate grapevines, the reverses engraved with a monogram, comprising:
Eighteen dessert spoons
Eighteen teaspoons
Eighteen ice-cream spoons
Eighteen dessert forks
Four large serving spoons
A sugar sifter
A pair of sugar tongs
A pair of picks with silver-gilt blades
(157 oz. 10 dwt.)
Eighteen dessert knives with parcel-gilt silver blades
A pair of grape shears with silver-gilt findings
Two nut-crackers, the stems formed as acorns, with similar foliate decoration and carved foliate ivory handles
In fitted wood chest