DESCRIPTION |
Early Victorian silver King's pattern twelve piece dessert service with plated tines and blades. |
| SILVERSMITH |
John Gilbert (hafts) the plated blades and tines are marked SAVORY, LONDON. |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
circa 1841, no date letters. |
ASSAY OFFICE or COUNTRY |
Sheffield |
WEIGHT in GRAMS |
488 |
| SIZE in INCHES |
length: 8 3/8 (knives). |
SILVER STANDARD |
.925 sterling silver |
OVERALL CONDITION |
good, no repairs, monograms or erasures and just some light surface marks commensurate with use. |
MAJOR FAULTS |
none |
MINOR FAULTS |
two fork handles are just coming away but are not loose (I expect they were once put into water that was too hot) and there is some plate loss around the blade edges and tine tips. |
| BACK | Price £48 | SOLD | Item Number: M2506 |
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