An English Silver Flatware Service, maker's mark C.W.F. in an oval, London, retailed by James Robinson, 1953

Old English pattern, reverse of handle terminals engraved B/S*R, comprising:
eighteen dinner knives
eighteen dinner forks
eighteen lunch knives
eighteen lunch forks
six salad forks
eighteen butter spreaders
eighteen oyster forks
nineteen teaspoons
eighteen dessert spoons
eighteen soup spoons
eighteen bouillon spoons
eighteen demitasse spoons
eleven ice cream spoons
216 pieces

all with scratches from use, some dinner forks with tips of tines bent, one ice cream spoon with bent sharp edges, three teaspoons dated 1968, three demitasse spoons 1966-67, otherwise good condition
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