Lot 296
A comprehensive early Victorian King's Pattern canteen
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by Robert Gray & Sons of Glasgow, various dates mainly 1841-1842, of double struck private die King's pattern, comprising,
eighteen table forks,
seventeen dessert forks,
seventeen table spoons,
twenty three dessert spoons,
twenty three teaspoons,
six salt spoons,
seven egg spoons,
three serving spoons,
two sauce ladles,
a soup ladle,
a fish server,
a butter knife,
a pair of sugar tongs,
all with matching engraved crest; together with a set of twelve fish knives and forks by HH, Sheffield 1866, with ivory handles with stained crest, the blades and forks of shaped outline with wriggle work border, all contained within a fitted mahogany three drawer canteen, with original Robert Gray & Sons label (qty)
Dimensions
approximately 204oz of weighable silver