Important Paintings, Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Jewellery
Live Auction, 15 March 2010
Part I - Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 111 400
About this Item
Birmingham, England
An extensive canteen of silver 'Chippendale' pattern cutlery, Elkington & Company, 1934-1940
each engraved with the initial A, comprising: 30 table knives, a carving knife and fork, 15 coffee spoons, 4 sugar tongs, in sizes, 15 hors d'oeuvres forks, 15 hors d'oeuvres knives, 15 fruit knives and 15 fruit forks with mother of pearl handles, 15 fish knives and 15 fish forks with bone handles, 15 dessert forks, a sugar sifter, 30 teaspoons, 30 dinner forks, 15 pastry forks, 5 butter knives, 15 dessert knives, 7 salt and mustard spoons, 30 soup spoons, 14 grapefruit spoons, 15 ice spoons, 15 dessert spoons, 8 tablespoons, 4 sauce ladles, a knife sharpener, 15 asparagus eaters, a pair of asparagus tongs, a pair of salad servers, a pair of serving forks and a pair of serving spoons, a pair of fish servers with bone handles, a condiment spoon, 8750g, contained in a mahogany canteen with hinged cover and a pair of drawers, canted sides on a plinth base, 26,5cm high, 68,5cm wide, 46cm deep
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