Victorian Neptune pattern table silver, the majority Goldsmiths & Silvermiths Co., London, 1892-1898

each engraved with crest and motto, some with registration number 200844, comprising: 48 table forks, 36 table spoons, 24 dessert forks, 24 dessert spoons, 36 teaspoons, 24 coffee spoons, 4 butter knives, 12 mustard spoons, 6 salt spoons, 6 condiment spoons, 2 basting spoons, 2 soup ladles, 6 sauce ladles

Overall excellent condition, and rare to fine such an extensive service in this pattern. 36 teaspoons, 23 coffee spoons, 6 salt spoons, 6 condiment spoons, 4 sauce ladles, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1910.
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The crest and motto are those of the British industrialist and politician, Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson Bt., (1856-1927) of Paddockhurst, Worth, Sussex, who in 1910 was created Baron Cowdray of Midhurst. He was further advanced to Viscount Cowdray in 1917 (see lot 60).