A SILVER GEORGIAN COMPOSITE TABLE SERVICE

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A SILVER GEORGIAN COMPOSITE TABLE SERVICE

Hanoverian pattern, comprising:
Six tablespoons, maker's mark of Samuel Hitchcock, London, 1716, engraved with demi-lion crest
Twelve tablespoons, maker's mark of Elias Cachart, 1741, engraved with a lozenge-of-arms surmounted by a Countess's coronet
Eleven three-pronged table forks, by the same, 1741
A three-pronged table fork, maker's mark of Paul Hanet, 1726, engraved with a stag's head crest
Six three-pronged table forks, maker's mark of John Bache, 1698, some with illegible marks, possibly altered
(67oz., 2060gr.)

Twelve pistol-handled table knives with stainless steel blades, maker's mark of Dru Drury, circa 1725, engraved with a crest (48)
Provenance
all except the Bache forks:
How of Edinburgh
The Estate of Parmenia M. Ekstrom, Sotheby's, New York, April 27, 1990, lots 413 and 414
the Bache forks:
Estate of Arthemise Redpath, Sotheby's, New York, April 27, 1990, lot 419

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