THE ICE-SPOONS WITH MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1867, THE DESSERT-SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHN HUNT AND ROBERT ROSKELL, LONDON, 1867, THE FORKS WITH MARK OF FRANCIS HIGGINS, 1866, THE HANDLES OF THE KNIVES EITHER INDIAN OR BURMESE, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A MID-VICTORIAN COMPOSITE DESSERT SERVICE
THE ICE-SPOONS WITH MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1867, THE DESSERT-SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHN HUNT AND ROBERT ROSKELL, LONDON, 1867, THE FORKS WITH MARK OF FRANCIS HIGGINS, 1866, THE HANDLES OF THE KNIVES EITHER INDIAN OR BURMESE, MID-19TH CENTURY
The ice-spoons and dessert spoons of Hunt pattern, the knife and fork handles depicting deities, animals and birds on a foliate scroll and matted ground, comprising;
20 dessert-spoons
20 dessert-forks
4 ice-spoons
4 serving-forks
4 serving-knives
the spoons each engraved with a crest, all in fitted oak case with retailers label of Hunt and Roskell, Lake Storr and Mortimer, the hinged cover in set with a plaque engraved 'J. A. Baumbach Esqu.'
the spoons -- 46 oz. (1,456 gr.) (52)

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Lot Essay

J. A. Baumbach is recorded in extracts of the Bombay Times in the 1860s. The Times of India notes the death of Louisa Jane, only surviving daughter of J. A. Baumbach. This would suggest that J. A. Baumbach was a Bombay based merchant, perhaps a business associate of the Bates family. John Kinnell (1792-1882) engraved a painting of Leith Hill, Surrey for a J. A. Baumbach in 1861.

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