Various silver-plated items of flatware, with the cypher of Koningin Emma (1858-1934)

all with engraved E below a crown, comprising; fiddle pattern'27 table forks, 21 table spoons, 9 coffee spoons, 26 dessert forks, 13 dessert spoons; Hanoverian pattern, 12 table forks, 5 table spoons, 11 dessert forks, 4 dessert spoons, 1 coffeespoon, together with two broken gravy ladles (131)

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