SET OF EARLY GEORGE III SILVER PISTOL-HANDLED KNIVES AND FORKS, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1770

Comprising eight knives and eight two-tined forks, handles marked STER/LING in rectangle, the knives with maker's mark Co. Together with one crested knife, maker's mark I[pellet]S, c. 1770.

Thomas Campbell Antiques, Hawleyville, Connecticut, 2006.

1 knife with top of handle broken off, 3 with repairs to tops of handles, 2 forks with repairs to tops of handles, all pieces with small splits to seams/edges of decoration (knives with more wear)
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