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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)
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
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