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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
A VICTORIAN AND LATER SILVER-GILT FLATWARE SERVICE
MARKS OF GEORGE ADAMS, FRANCIS HIGGINS AND C.J. VANDER, LONDON, 1863/64/65/98; 1913/29/48
Details
A VICTORIAN AND LATER SILVER-GILT FLATWARE SERVICE
MARKS OF GEORGE ADAMS, FRANCIS HIGGINS AND C.J. VANDER, LONDON, 1863/64/65/98; 1913/29/48
Elizabethan pattern; comprising:
Top Drawer:
Eighteen table forks
Eighteen table knives with stainless steel blades
Eighteen dessert knives with stainless steel blades
Second Drawer:
Eighteen fish forks
Eighteen fish knives with silver-gilt blades
Eighteen coffee spoons
Eighteen ice cream spoons
Pair of ice cream spades
Third Drawer:
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen soup spoons
Eighteen teaspoons
Eighteen dessert spoons
Fourth Drawer:
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen cheese knives with silver-gilt blades
Pair of grape scissors
Two sugar sifters
One sauce ladle
Four pairs of nutcrackers
Dessert serving knife and fork
Fifth Drawer:
Eighteen tablespoons
Four sauce ladles
Two sugar sifters
Eight salt spoons
Eighteen silver-gilt dessert spoons
Together with eight silver-plated asparagus holders
In fitted George III style mahogany five drawer chest
454 oz. weighable silver (304)
MARKS OF GEORGE ADAMS, FRANCIS HIGGINS AND C.J. VANDER, LONDON, 1863/64/65/98; 1913/29/48
Elizabethan pattern; comprising:
Top Drawer:
Eighteen table forks
Eighteen table knives with stainless steel blades
Eighteen dessert knives with stainless steel blades
Second Drawer:
Eighteen fish forks
Eighteen fish knives with silver-gilt blades
Eighteen coffee spoons
Eighteen ice cream spoons
Pair of ice cream spades
Third Drawer:
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen soup spoons
Eighteen teaspoons
Eighteen dessert spoons
Fourth Drawer:
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen cheese knives with silver-gilt blades
Pair of grape scissors
Two sugar sifters
One sauce ladle
Four pairs of nutcrackers
Dessert serving knife and fork
Fifth Drawer:
Eighteen tablespoons
Four sauce ladles
Two sugar sifters
Eight salt spoons
Eighteen silver-gilt dessert spoons
Together with eight silver-plated asparagus holders
In fitted George III style mahogany five drawer chest
454 oz. weighable silver (304)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 1995, lot 286