European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

European Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

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Property from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton

A Victorian Silver-Gilt Dessert Flatware Service, George W. Adams, London, 1873

Lot Closed

April 12, 06:08 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton


A Victorian Silver-Gilt Dessert Flatware Service, George W. Adams, London, 1873

shaped handles capped by shells and acanthus leaves, engraved with two crests, comprising:

24 lunch knives

24 lunch forks

24 dessert spoons

24 ice cream spoons

12 shell-bowl serving spoons

2 ice cream serving spades

2 sugar sifters

2 ladles

2 grape scissors

1 cake knife

1 cake fork

118 pieces, in two fitted wood cases


217 oz 10 dwt weighable

6767 g

Collection of John Paul Getty, Sutton Place, sold
Sotheby's, New York, April 19, 1991, lot 192