Fiddle & Thread pattern table silver, the majority G. W. Adams for Chawner & Co., 1864-74

placing's for twelve, comprising: table forks, dessert forks, dessert spoons, teaspoons, six egg spoons, four mustard spoons, two sauce ladles, two serving spoons, a sifting spoons, a cream ladle, a soup ladle, a pair of sugar tongs and two further condiment spoons; together with twelve pairs of matched fish eaters, Atkin Bros, Sheffield, 1889, a pair of fish servers, Lee & Wigful Ltd., Sheffield, 1910; and twelve modern table knives, side knives and cheese knives, Sheffield, 2002-03, with steel knives, in a fitted 20th century three-drawer cabinet, with re-fitted interior

Please not there are only 11 side knives present in the lot but 141 pieces overall and not the 81 as stated in the printed catalogue. Good overall condition. Clear marks. Some signs of use. The box with a crack to the front left-hand corner.
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