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THE MAJORITY, MARK OF FREDERICK ELKINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1889
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A Victorian silver dinner-service
The majority, mark of Frederick Elkington, Birmingham, 1889
The dinner-service, Rich Bead pattern, each engraved with a cypher EO de R for Rothschild, comprising:
Twenty-four table-spoons
Thirty-seven table-forks, fifteen, by Elkington & Co, 1895
Twenty-three dessert-spoons, one, 1885
Twenty-four dessert-forks
Twenty-four teaspoons, one, 1859
Six coffee-spoons
Thirty-five table-knives with steel blades
Twenty-four dessert-knives with steel blades
Two basting-spoons
A pair of salad servers
A pair of pastry servers
A soup-ladle
A sauce-ladle
Five salt-spoons
A silver-gilt dessert-service, with a pattern of ladies and gentlemen in Tudor costume with fruit and foliage, similarly engraved with a cypher, comprising:
Twenty-four dessert-spoons
Twenty-four fruit-forks
Twenty-four fruit-knives with silver-gilt blades
A serving fork and knife
Three berry spoons
Two grape shears
Together with:
A Victorian fish-serving set with mother-of-pearl handles, the majority mark of Frederick Elkington, 1886, 1887, etc., comprising:
Twenty-four fish-forks, one by C.J. Vander, London, 1974
Twenty-four fish-knives with silver blades
Four pairs of gilt-metal nutcrackers with ivory handles
All in a lined and fitted wooden chest
540oz. (16,821gr.) weighable silver
The majority, mark of Frederick Elkington, Birmingham, 1889
The dinner-service, Rich Bead pattern, each engraved with a cypher EO de R for Rothschild, comprising:
Twenty-four table-spoons
Thirty-seven table-forks, fifteen, by Elkington & Co, 1895
Twenty-three dessert-spoons, one, 1885
Twenty-four dessert-forks
Twenty-four teaspoons, one, 1859
Six coffee-spoons
Thirty-five table-knives with steel blades
Twenty-four dessert-knives with steel blades
Two basting-spoons
A pair of salad servers
A pair of pastry servers
A soup-ladle
A sauce-ladle
Five salt-spoons
A silver-gilt dessert-service, with a pattern of ladies and gentlemen in Tudor costume with fruit and foliage, similarly engraved with a cypher, comprising:
Twenty-four dessert-spoons
Twenty-four fruit-forks
Twenty-four fruit-knives with silver-gilt blades
A serving fork and knife
Three berry spoons
Two grape shears
Together with:
A Victorian fish-serving set with mother-of-pearl handles, the majority mark of Frederick Elkington, 1886, 1887, etc., comprising:
Twenty-four fish-forks, one by C.J. Vander, London, 1974
Twenty-four fish-knives with silver blades
Four pairs of gilt-metal nutcrackers with ivory handles
All in a lined and fitted wooden chest
540oz. (16,821gr.) weighable silver
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis