AN ASSEMBLED VICTORIAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, MOST MARY CHAWNER, LONDON, 1839 |

Shell and Thread pattern variant, comprising:30 tables knives by Thomas Chawner, 183930 table forks12 cheese knives by Thomas Chawner, 183918 dessert forks18 dessert spoons18 tablespoons6 teaspoons4 sauce ladles1 soup ladle1 mustard ladle2 gravy spoons2 skewers, in sizes1 marrow scoop1 sugar sifter144 pieces, in a fitted wood case. Together with 5 silver-plated teaspoons, 3 silver teaspoons by Atkin Bros., Sheffield, 1937, 2 silver sugar tongs by Robert Stebbings, London, 1896 and Gibson & Langman, London, 1889, and 1 Italian silver salt spoon, 155 pieces total

all with decoration rubbed; some tablespoons with marks heavily rubbed; all knives with replaced blades that are slightly separated from handle, 1 table knife with blade loose, some knives with bruising to tips of handles; otherwise set in good condition and very complete for age
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