An impressive comprehensive canteen of Victorian Fiddle and Shell pattern silver flatware, John Round & Son Ltd, Sheffield 1898, comprising; forty-eight table forks, forty-seven dessert forks, forty-eight dessert spoons, forty-eight tablespoons, two butter knives, four sauce ladles, two sugar sifter spoons, a basting spoon, a soup ladle, six salt spoons, eleven egg spoons, thirty-four teaspoons and a pair of sugar tongs, each piece with engraved crest, presented within original five drawer canteen, total weight approx 460oz
Sold for £6,500
Condition Report
General wear in keeping with age but no significant visible damage, some wear and scratches to the case, refer to images
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