A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT SERVICE**

A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT SERVICE**
THE EPERGNE MARK OF EDWARD DIMES, LONDON, 1873
Comprising:
A tiered central epergne on shell feet, the base formed as waves, with three seahorses supporting a tri-lobed mother-of-pearl dish, a mermaid supporting the upper mother-of-pearl tier
Two tri-lobed mother-of-pearl dishes on conch feet with dolphin handle, one mark of Streeter & Co., London, 1892/93 one mark of of Wright & Davis, London, 1892/93, each with patent stamp 6805/1893 EWS
Seven mother-of-pearl dishes on silver bamboo legs, mark of Wang Hing
Eleven mother-of-pearl plates with seahorse feet, apparently unmarked
Twelve mother-of-pearl plates each on three seashell feet, six mark of Streeter & Co., London, 1892, six mark of Edward Dimes, London, 1896
Five mother-of-pearl condiment sets with silver mounted glass bottles, centering a mermaid, mark of Bell & Willmott, London, 1896, the pepper caster covers apparently unmarked
Seven mother-of-pearl dishes with dolphin handle, five mark of John Aldwinckle and Thomas Slater, London, 1892, two mark of Bell and Wilmott, London, 1895
Four silver-gilt pierced spoons, mark of Saunders & Shepherd, London, 1895
Seven silver-gilt spoons with mother-of-pearl handles, mark of HH, Sheffield, 1894
Three silver-gilt small forks with mother-of-pearl handles, mark of HH, Sheffield, 1893
Six silver-gilt knives with mother-of-pearl handles, mark of HH, Sheffield, 1893
Six mustard spoons and five salt spoons with mask terminals, mark of Edward Dimes, London, 1896
in a fitted wooden case
The epergne 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high