Lot 579
  • 579

SET OF GEORGE III SILVER-HANDLED FLATWARE, SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1775

Estimate
600 - 800 USD
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Description

  • silver, steel
Comprising twelve small-scale knives and twelve matching two-tined forks, with steel blades and tines, knife handles marked STERLING, blades with cutler's mark for Thomas Law & Co., Sheffield, fork handles with maker's mark II. 24 pieces.

Provenance

Argentum-The Leopard's Head, San Francisco, 2002.

Condition

dings and small dents to handles, but no splitting, several marks heavily rubbed and a few indistinct, overall good condition
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