A Dutch and English silver picnic basket partly engraved with the initial W below a crown, 1890

reed basket comprising: Hubert Thorhill, London, 1891; six silver plates, engraved with W below a crown, G.S Reeser, The Hague, 1891; 5 silver tea spoons, 6 silver cake forks, Aldwinckle & Slater, London,1887-90; 6 fruit knives; 5 folding knives; a German silver mounted cut-glass peper and salt set, after 1888; six silver-mounted horn cups, Hubert Thornhill, London, 1891; two silver-mounted cut-glass boxes, both with hinged lids, Hubert Tornhill, London, 1891(39)

Overall used, the reed basket witth several damages. Attractive lot.
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