A COLLECTION OF HANOVERIAN PATTERN FLATWARE including several sets and part sets, some of the pieces engraved with initials, comprising: seventeen table-spoons, twenty-three table-forks, one dessert spoon and two dessert forks, the Netherlands, various dates and makers; a collection of decorative flatware including sauce ladles and sugar tongs, mainly the Netherlands, various dates and makers; a set of twelve Hanoverian pattern iced teaspoons, the Netherlands, modern; a set of six pistol-handled table-knives with steel blades; a set of three pistol-handled dessert-knives; a set of four table-knives with plain tapering handles and steel blades; a pair of sandwich tongs; a pair of butter knives; four various forks and a spatula with red-stained agate handles; and an 18th Century two-pronged steel and agate fork, unmarked