An assembled George III silver Fiddle, Thread & Shell pattern flatware service, William Eley, William Fearn, & William Chawner and others, London, 1806-1821

mostly unengraved but some with various crests, comprising: 
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
12 dessert knives
12 dessrt forks
12 cocktail forks
12 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
12 tablespoons
2 serving spoons
2 sauce ladles
100 pieces, in fitted wood case set with plaque monogrammed JB

dinner knives with later blades, some blades loose, knife handles with dings, otherwise all in good condition
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