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An Extensive Regency Silver-gilt Flatware Service, London, 1805-20
Description
King's pattern, engraved with a peacock displayed crest below a mitre, comprising:
twenty-four dinner knives, Eley & Fearn & maker's mark SP, 1816-18
twenty-four dinner forks, Eley & Fearn, 1816-20
twenty-four dessert knives, maker's mark SP, 1816, handles unmarked
twenty-four dessert forks, 1816
twenty-four cheese knives, maker's mark SP, 1816
twenty-four teaspoons, Eley & Fearn, 1816-17
twenty-four tablespoons, Eley & Fearn & Chawner, 1814-16
twenty-four dessert spoons
five-piece carving set
one fish slice, Eley, Fearn & Chawner, 1809
one soup ladle, Eley & Fearn, 1819
four sauce ladles, Eley, Fearn & Chawner, 1809
one basting spoon, 1810
four ice cream spades, Eley & Fearn, 1805
one sugar sifter, Eley & Fearn, 1818
one pair sugar tong, William Bateman, 1820
four salt spoons
two mustard ladles, 1810
Together with the following, by C.J. Vander, 1970-71
twenty-four dinner knives
forty-eight dinner forks
thirty-six small soup spoons
thirty-six demitasse spoons
And
eight large serving spoons, Kings and Hourglass patterns, London 1823/ 25/ 1830
367 pieces, the bulk in a fitted 5-drawer brass-bound wood case- Silver, Wood
Provenance
Charles and Yvette Bluhdorn, New York, sold
Sotheby's, New York, Magnificent Silver, Silver-gilt and Russian Works of Art from the Estate of Charles and Yvette Bluhdorn, 13 October 2007, lots 17, 23, and 26,
Condition
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.