A George III silver-gilt dessert service, Richard Crosley, Crosley & Smith and Moses Brent, London, majority 1782 and 1807

bead edge, crested, comprising: 24 dessert forks, 24 dessert spoons, 24 dessert knives with silver-gilt blades, 24 dessert knives with steel blades, 12 teaspoons, a pair of sugar nips, a pair of carving knives with steel blades and a pair of carving forks with silver-gilt tines, 6 serving spoons and a pair of larger serving spoons; also Fiddle-thread and Shell pattern; two pairs of sugar nips, a pair of mustard spoons, a sauce ladle and a sugar sifter, Eley and Fearn, London 1805/1806, in a fitted brass-mounted wood case inscribed 'The Rt Honble LORD MIDDLETON No. 14',  with label inscribed 'R & S Garrard & Co. Goldsmiths and Jewellers to the Crown Haymarket London'

DESSERT FORKS 18 Richard Crosley, 1782 6 Richard Crosley & George Smith 1807 TEASPOONS 12 Richard Crosley, 1781 DESSERT SPOONS 18 Richard Crosley, 1782 6 Richard Crosley & George Smith, 1807 KNIVES WITH STEEL BLADES Moses Brent, 1791 (7) and 1807 (7); (14) moses brent and lion passant only CARVING FORKS Moses Brent, handle 1791, tines 1807 SUGAR NIPS Richard Crosley, makers mark only KNIVES WITH SILVER GILT BLADES 9 of them 1791 and 1807 fully marked on handles and blades; 5 of them 1791 and 1807, fully marked on the handles no marks on the blades; 7 of them with makers mark of Moses Brent and lion passant only SERVING SPOONS 6 smaller, Richard Crosley & George Smith, 1807; 2 larger Richard Crosley, 1791 CARVING KNIVES Moses Brent, 1791 FIDDLE THREAD AND SHELL PATTERN Two pairs of sugar nips, sauce ladle, sugar sifter and pair of mustard spoons, all Eley and fearn, London, 1805/06: Generally good condition, some pieces with indistinct marks, but generally very nice and early set, probably 19th century gilding and crest but very nice
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