Composite bead pattern table silver, various maker's, London and Sheffield, George III and later

comprising: twenty four table forks; eight, 1781, seven, 1807-15, seven, 1863, and two, 1990; twelve table spoons; eleven, 1776, one, 1889; twenty-four dessert spoons; six, 1784, seven, 1786-1797, eleven; 1864-80; twenty-four dessert forks; twelve, 1790-1829, eleven, 1859-1889, one, 1990, twelve pairs of fish knives and forks, Sheffield, 1950, eleven teaspoons; 1864-68, eleven coffee spoons; five, 1785, one, 1903, five, with rubbed marks, a sauce ladle, 1784, twenty-three table knives, and twenty four dessert knives, mainly modern, with steel blades

Most of the Georgian pieces have been later converted to bead pattern. Half of the earlier dessert spoons rubbed, worn and thin. Otherwise generally good gauge and condition.
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