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An Edwardian canteen of Paxton pattern flatware and cutlery
in a fitted, two door mahogany cabinet with 6 drawers, comprising:
36 table forks, 36 tablespoons,
36 dessert forks, 36 dessert spoons,
16 teaspoons, 14 coffee spoons,
12 egg spoons, 12 salt spoons,
4 mustard spoons, a pair of fish carvers,
17 fish knives, 18 fish forks,
10 dessert forks (loaded), 12 dessert knives (loaded),
18 ice cream spoons,
6 marrow scoops, 2 butter knives,
2 pickle forks, a crumb scoop,
4 pairs of sugar tongs,
2 pairs of serving tongs,
a Stilton scoop, 6 sauce ladles,
2 sugar sifter ladles, 2 soup ladles,
a pair of grape shears,
2 basting spoons, and a pair of salad servers,
all crested,
by Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, 1903 (together with one fish knife to match by Francis Higgins, 1939, the cabinet measuring 45cm high x 64cm x 44cm, 646oz. weighable silver.
* Literature
Pickford I. Silver/flatware;
pp. 148 'Paxton; a very rare 19th century pattern named after Joseph Paxton the designer of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition.... Services are very rare. Odd pieces may be found but building a service would be extremely difficult.'
in a fitted, two door mahogany cabinet with 6 drawers, comprising:
36 table forks, 36 tablespoons,
36 dessert forks, 36 dessert spoons,
16 teaspoons, 14 coffee spoons,
12 egg spoons, 12 salt spoons,
4 mustard spoons, a pair of fish carvers,
17 fish knives, 18 fish forks,
10 dessert forks (loaded), 12 dessert knives (loaded),
18 ice cream spoons,
6 marrow scoops, 2 butter knives,
2 pickle forks, a crumb scoop,
4 pairs of sugar tongs,
2 pairs of serving tongs,
a Stilton scoop, 6 sauce ladles,
2 sugar sifter ladles, 2 soup ladles,
a pair of grape shears,
2 basting spoons, and a pair of salad servers,
all crested,
by Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, 1903 (together with one fish knife to match by Francis Higgins, 1939, the cabinet measuring 45cm high x 64cm x 44cm, 646oz. weighable silver.
* Literature
Pickford I. Silver/flatware;
pp. 148 'Paxton; a very rare 19th century pattern named after Joseph Paxton the designer of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition.... Services are very rare. Odd pieces may be found but building a service would be extremely difficult.'