February 24, 2022 10:00 EST
The Gilded Age
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An English Sterling Silver Six-Piece Flatware Service for Twelve
most bearing mark of Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London, 1910 & 1927
In the ‘Old English Bead’ pattern and double struck, comprising twelve each table forks, dessert forks, steel-bladed dinner knives, steel-bladed luncheon knives, dessert spoons, tablespoons of two sizes; one each sauce ladle, soup ladle, gravy spoon; together with ten teaspoons, marked George William Adams, London, 1886; the knives later replacements marked C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1982; all engraved with armorial spurred boot to handle, sold together with two custom-fitted cases. (approx. 85)
L: 10 1/4 in. (dinner knife); 143.7 oz. t. (weighable silver)
Provenance
S.J. Shrubsole, London.
Acquired directly from the above in 1983.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Sold for $4,725
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
In the ‘Old English Bead’ pattern and double struck, comprising twelve each table forks, dessert forks, steel-bladed dinner knives, steel-bladed luncheon knives, dessert spoons, tablespoons of two sizes; one each sauce ladle, soup ladle, gravy spoon; together with ten teaspoons, marked George William Adams, London, 1886; the knives later replacements marked C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1982; all engraved with armorial spurred boot to handle, sold together with two custom-fitted cases. (approx. 85)
Provenance
S.J. Shrubsole, London.
Acquired directly from the above in 1983.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Note
The dinner and luncheon knives were commissioned to replace original bone-handled knives by consignor. The larger oak case original to Goldsmith & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. from the early 20th century. The smaller mahogany case for the knives, late 20th century.
