An English Silver Coburg Pattern Flatware Service, William Chawner and Others, London, 1823 and Later
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
most engraved with crest and earl's coronet, comprising:
12 table forks
12 table knives (modern)
11 steak knives (modern)
13 fish knives
14 fish forks
12 oyster forks (modern)
12 fruit knives (gilt)
12 fruit forks (gilt)
23 salad forks
12 butter spreaders (modern)
12 dessert knives (modern)
11 dessert forks
12 dessert spoons
12 soup spoons
12 teaspoons
8 coffee spoons (modern)
2 fruit servers (gilt)
5 piece carving set
2 fish servers
1 soup ladle
2 large serving forks
4 serving forks
2 large serving spoons
4 serving spoons
2 sauce ladles
2 cream ladles
2 sugar sifter
1 cake slice
1 cheese knife
229 pieces
335 oz weighable
10,418.5 g
Coburg patterns was designed by Rundell, Bridge, and Rundell about 1810, and was made for them by Paul Storr. Ian Pickford chose this pattern as the frontispiece of his 1983 book, Silver Flatware: English, Irish and Scottish 1660-1980, and notes that it would be very difficult to build a service of this rare design.
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