a victorian Silver Assembled Flatware service, mostly George Adams, London, 1856

Queen's pattern, mostly engraved with same crest, comprising:
twelve dinner knives, maker's mark CN, Sheffield, circa 1850
twelve table forks
eighteen cheese knives, maker's mark CN, Sheffield, circa 1850
ten dessert forks
eighteen fruit knives, maker's mark CN, Sheffield, circa 1850
eight tablespoons
eleven dessert spoons
eleven teaspoons
Together with:
six table knives, Townley and Thomas, London, 1907
two plated tablespoons
two plated dessert forks
one plated dessert spoon
one plated teaspoon
112 pieces, in five-drawer mahogany chest

normal wear from use, knife blades separating, steel blades need polishing, early knives with close-plated blades
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