Sale 2010
New York
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10 - 11 June 2008
Price realised
USD 2,500
Estimate
AN ASSEMBLED GEORGE V SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, MARK OF CRICHTON BROTHERS, LONDON, 1928-1935, comprising six dinner forks, eleven dinner knives, ten tablespoons, seven large tablespoons, four fish forks, six fish knives, twelve cocktail forks, nine butter spreaders, eighteen dessert forks, eleven dessert spoons, fifteen teaspoons, eleven coffee spoons, a large serving spoon, three smaller serving spoons, a pair of salad servers, a sauce ladle, and a master butter knife; fully marked; in a fitted case The dinner fork 7½in. (19.1cm.), 202oz. approximate weight (128)
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Saleroom Notice
Please note this lot contains an additional English silver fork, maker's mark for William Eley II & William Fern, London, 1803. Please there are six fish forks not four; and eight butter spreaders not nine. The lot count is 129.
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