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A CASED VICTORIAN SILVER FISH SLICE AND FORK
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A CASED VICTORIAN SILVER FISH SLICE AND FORK

MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, THE HANDLES 1863, THE BLADES AND TINES 1864

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A CASED VICTORIAN SILVER FISH SLICE AND FORK
MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, THE HANDLES 1863, THE BLADES AND TINES 1864
The handles each decorated with fish and seaweed motifs, the blade and tines each with openwork panels, each engraved with fish motifs, contained in a fitted case - the knife 14½in. (36.8cm.) long. (2)
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Lot Essay

A very similar pair were sold in these rooms 25 September 2001, lot 69.

Another pair, dated 1878, are illustrated in Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, page 282, number 1311.

A fish slice in the same pattern is illustrated in Peter Waldron, The Price Guide to Antique Silver, page 247, number 786.

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