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MARK OF FRANCIS HIGGINS, LONDON, 1860
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A VICTORIAN SILVER CANTEEN OF VICTORIA PATTERN, THE HANDLES INCORPORATING A COAT OF ARMS
MARK OF FRANCIS HIGGINS, LONDON, 1860
Contained in a later four-layer wooden canteen with three drawers having brass bead-edged rosette drop-ring handles and lined in blue baize and comprising:- 12 fruit knives, 12 fruit forks, 12 table spoons, 12 dessert spoons, 18 teaspoons, 12 egg spoons, 4 mustard spoons, 6 salt spoons, 12 table forks, 12 dessert forks, 2 basting spoons, 2 sauce ladles, 1 soup ladle, a pair of fish servers, a graduated set of 6 meat skewers, 1 sifter spoon, 1 jam spoon, 2 pairs of sugar tongs, 1 butter knife, 12 modern table knives and 12 modern cheese knives en suite, with stainless steel blades, also 3 non-associated items
Height of canteen 15 in. (38.5 cm.)
Weighable silver 222 oz. (6882 gm.)
MARK OF FRANCIS HIGGINS, LONDON, 1860
Contained in a later four-layer wooden canteen with three drawers having brass bead-edged rosette drop-ring handles and lined in blue baize and comprising:- 12 fruit knives, 12 fruit forks, 12 table spoons, 12 dessert spoons, 18 teaspoons, 12 egg spoons, 4 mustard spoons, 6 salt spoons, 12 table forks, 12 dessert forks, 2 basting spoons, 2 sauce ladles, 1 soup ladle, a pair of fish servers, a graduated set of 6 meat skewers, 1 sifter spoon, 1 jam spoon, 2 pairs of sugar tongs, 1 butter knife, 12 modern table knives and 12 modern cheese knives en suite, with stainless steel blades, also 3 non-associated items
Height of canteen 15 in. (38.5 cm.)
Weighable silver 222 oz. (6882 gm.)
Special notice
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage