Details
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
Hanoverian pattern, each engraved with the Royal crest and Garter Motto, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons, maker's mark William Sumner, London, 1789
Twelve dessert forks, ten by the same, 1789, two maker's mark Richard Crossley, 1799
(28oz., 871gr.)
Twelve dessert knives with reeded pistol handles, circa 1790, four maker's mark Moses Brent
In George III mahogany veneer velvet-lined knife-box with brass furniture (36)
Hanoverian pattern, each engraved with the Royal crest and Garter Motto, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons, maker's mark William Sumner, London, 1789
Twelve dessert forks, ten by the same, 1789, two maker's mark Richard Crossley, 1799
(28oz., 871gr.)
Twelve dessert knives with reeded pistol handles, circa 1790, four maker's mark Moses Brent
In George III mahogany veneer velvet-lined knife-box with brass furniture (36)
Provenance
Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover (1771-1851)
Crichton Bros. (1924)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt.
Biggs of Maidenhead
Christie's, London, 23 May 1990, lot 62
Crichton Bros. (1924)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt.
Biggs of Maidenhead
Christie's, London, 23 May 1990, lot 62