A George III Silver Assembled Flatware Service, most Richard Cooke / Wallace and Hayne, London, 1806 / 1814-20

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

knives and carvers by Vanders, Sheffield, late 20th century
Hourglass pattern, crested, comprising:
twenty-four dinner knives
twenty-four dinner forks
twenty-four lunch knives
twenty-four lunch forks
twelve fish knives
twelve fish forks
twelve dessert knives, Moses Brent, London, 1806, and maker's mark RP, London, 1817-18
twelve cheese knives
twenty-eight teaspoons
twenty-four dessert spoons
twenty-four tablespoons
three-piece large carving set
two-piece small carving set
two serving spoons
one soup ladle
four sauce ladles
232 pieces, in fitted five-tray Bulgari case
Silver , Wood

Condition

one tablespoon recast, all 1806 dessert spoons with maker's mark obscured, general surface wear to earlier pieces, two teaspoons repaired, one dessert knife with round blade & the others pointed
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