An extensive set of English silver flatware in a cabinet and a twelve-piece English silver-gilt strawberry set, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd., London, 1939 and maker's mark FH, London, 1871 and 1873

comprising; 12 table forks; 6 table spoons; 12 table knives; 12 dessert forks; 6 dessert spoons; 12 dessert knives; 12 fish forks; 12 fish knives; 12 soup spoons; 12 fruit forks; 12 fruit knives; 12 tea spoons; 12 coffee spoons; 6 egg spoons; 12 knife rests; 3 meat carvers; 2 meat forks; a knife sharpener; a pair of fish servers; 2 gravy ladles; a soup ladle; a sugar sifter; a pair of pickle servers; all with ivory handle or mother-of pearl handle or with the silver handle inscribed with monogram BS; together with a twelve-piece silver- and silver-gilt strawberry set in fitted blue Harrod's box, comprising; 10 strawberry spoons; one cream spoon and one sugar sifter, all shaped like apostle spoons, maker's mark FH, London, 1871 and 1873

Marks clear, overall good, small scratches of use, only the fruit forks and fruit knives with mother-of-pearl handles, the set of flatware in the cabinet does not contain sugar tongs, sugar spoon, mustard spoon and salt spoon.
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