An assembled English silver Fiddle and Shell pattern flatware service, George Adams and others, London, 1824 and later

Fiddle and Shell pattern, mostly unengraved, some engraved with various crests, comprising:
61 dinner knives in two different sizes
62 dinner forks
78 lunch knives in two different sizes
38 dessert forks
23 cocktail forks
41 teaspoons
60 tablespoons
36 soup spoons
36 demitasse spoons
30 serving spoons
1 salt spoon
1 cream ladle
1 pâté server
504 pieces, in two fitted wood cases set with plaques monogrammed AMQ

small dents to knife handles, one knife poorly repaired where handle meets blade, otherwise all in good condition
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