A COMPOSITE CANTEEN OF GEORGE III AND LATER SILVER FIDDLE AND THREAD PATTERN FLATWARE
comprising: 4 dessert spoons, 7 dessert forks, a sauce ladle and a butter knife, all with the armorial of Foster impaling Bayntun Rolt, by William Eley and William Fearn, London 1801; and 18 tablespoons, 20 meat forks, 11 dessert spoons, 9 dessert forks, 9 teaspoons and 3 sauce ladles, with the armorial of Foster impaling Billett, by George Piercy, London 1823 (c.185oz total weight)
Estimate: |
£2,000 - £3,000
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Hammer price:
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£2,400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: Part of this canteen was bequeathed by Mildred Foster of Warmwell, Dorset to her niece, Nellie, Lady Medlycott in 1926.