Composite silver serving pieces, tea and condiment spoons, the majority English, 19th / 20th century

comprising: four Irish silver toddy ladles, three, probably William Cummins, Dublin, 1845, one, Samuel Neville, Dublin, 1844; a pair of parcel-gilt silver grape scissors, William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, London, 1812; a pair of silver asparagus tongs, London, circa 1770; 8 French silver teaspoons, Odiot, mid-19th century; an ivory handle and silver blade fish slice; an ivory handle and silver marrow scoop; a parcel-gilt silver bonbon garden fork; 6 ivory handled butter knives with stainless steel blades and a Xylonite and stainless steel blade; 16 silver condiments spoons, English, various dates and markers; 66 silver tea and coffee spoons, English and American, various dates and makers; 3 electroplate examples; a Mappin & Webb Princer's plate fish servinge slice and fork with ivory handle

the majoirty of ivory handles with cracks
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