An extensive set of Dutch silver flatware in fitted wooden cabinet, mainly Zilverfabriek Voorschoten, Voorschoten, circa 1929

comprising: 12 dinner spoons; 12 dinner knives; 12 dinner forks; 12 dessert spoons; 12 dessert knives; 12 dessert forks; 12 fish knives; 12 fish forks; 12 fruit knives; 12 fruit forks; 12 tea spoons; 12 coffee spoons; 12 chocolate spoons; 12 bowl spoons; 12 ice spoons; 12 cake forks; 12 lobster spoons; 12 oyster forks; 2 patato spoons; 1 meat fork; a cold meat fork; a pair of salad servers; 2 compôte servers; 2 gravy spoons; a soup spoon; 3 vegetable servers; a rice server; a pudding server; 2 bonbon spoons; a cake slice; an aspergus server; a croquette server; 2 pastry spoons; an egg boil spoon; an ice server; a large fried egg server; a small fried egg server; a nutcracker; a pair of grape scissors; a marmalade spoon; a cream spoon; 2 butterknives; 2 cheese knives; 2 small serving forks; a sugar spoon; a bread fork; a cake server; a pair of fish servers; a fish slice; a five-piece hors-d'oeuvres set, fully marked

Most marks clear, very small scratches of use, cabinet not entirely complete, 147 pieces by the Zilverfabriek (Z), Voorschoten; 79 pieces by Van Kempen (K), Voorschoten; 13 pieces by Fa. A.J. Driesen (D), Utrecht; 12 pieces by Carel J. Begeer (B), Utrecht; 11 pieces by Van Kempen&Begeer (KB), Zeist& Voorschoten; 2 with illegible maker's marks. 12 dinner spoons (K,1923); 12 dinner knives (Z, 1931,1932,1939); 12 dinner forks (K, 1923); 12 dessert spoons (K, 1924); 12 dessert knives (Z, 1930, 1931, 1938); 12 dessert forks (K, 1924; KB, 1963; Z, 1927); 12 fish knives (K, 1923, 1924; Z, 1925, 1926); 12 fish forks (K, 1924; Z, 1925, 1926); 12 fruit knives (Z); 12 fruit forks (Z, 1940); 12 tea spoons (Z); 12 coffee spoons (D, 1939); 12 chocolate spoons (Z); 12 bowl spoons (K); 12 ice spoons (Z); 12 cake forks (B); 12 lobster spoons (Z); 12 oyster forks (Z); 2 patato spoons (KB, 1964; K, 1923); 1 meat fork (Z, 1926); a cold meat fork (Z, 1932); a pair of salad servers (Z, 1926); 2 compôte servers (Z, 1936); 2 gravy spoons (K, 1923); a soup spoon (K, 1923); 3 vegetable servers (K, 1924; D, 1922); a rice server (Z, 1932); a pudding server (Z, 1930); 2 bonbon spoons (?); a cake slice (Z, 1935); an aspergus server (Z, 1929); a croquette server (Z, 1931); 2 pastry spoons (Z, 1928, 1930); an egg boil spoon (Z, 1925); an ice server (Z, 1928); a large fried egg server (K, 1923); a small fried egg server (K, 1928); a nutcracker (?); a pair of grape scissors (Z); a marmalade spoon (Z); a cream spoon (Z); 2 butterknives (Z); 2 cheese knives (?); 2 small serving forks (K, 1916, 1924); a sugar spoon (K); a bread fork (K, 1923); a cake server (Z, 1928); a pair of fish servers (K, 1939); a fish slice (Z, 1925); a five-piece hors-d'oeuvres set (Z)
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