Lot 493
  • 493

Feather Edge pattern table silver, William & Thomas Chawner, London, 1768-1773

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver
  • 27
initialled or crested, comprising: 12 table spoons, 7 dessert spoons, and 8 shell teaspoons, crested, William Eley, Fearn & Chawner, London, 1809

Literature

Garrard & Company Ltd., The Marchioness of Crewe, Inventory of Plate at West Horsley, 20 December 1950, p.10.

Condition

The marks and condition good and crisp; as usual some of the bottom marks crushed. The crests are original.
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