Composite Old English pattern table silver, various makers, London, late 18th / early 19th century

some engraved with the Houghton or Crewe-Milnes crest, comprising: 23 table spoons, 20 dessert spoons, 16 teaspoons, 3 sauce ladles, 2 salt spoons

comprising: 3 sauce ladles, 2, G. Smith & William Fearn, London, 1813 and 1, Gabriel Sleath, London, 1783 2 salt spoons, RC, London, 1785 20 dessert spoons, 18 with Crewe-Milne crest, various makers, London, 1807-1809 16 teaspoons, 11 with the Crewe-Milne crest, various makers, London, 1807-1809, 5 with the Houghton crest, London, 1822 23 table spoons, 8 with the Houghton crest, various makers and dates, Lonodn, 1766-1785, 15, T & W Chawner, London, 1763
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