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The Art of Entertaining - September 25, 2024

Wed, Sep 25, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 194

Victorian Silver Flatware Service

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Marked H J Lias & Son, London 1854.

Comprising:

Twenty dinner knives with steel blades and filled handles

Twenty lunch knives with steel blades and filled handles

Ten fruit knives with steel blades and filled handles

Twenty dinner forks

Twenty lunch forks

Nine fruit forks with filled handles

Twenty large tablespoons

Twenty tablespoons

Twenty teaspoons

A soup ladle

Three sauce ladles

A pair of stuffing spoons

Four mustard spoons

Three condiment spoons 

A pair of sugar nips

A pair of grape shears

Together with:

Eighteen fish forks and fish knives, mark of C.J. Vander, London, 1994

Eighteen shellfish forks, mark of C.J. Vander, London, 1994

Seven butter spreaders, mark of C.J. Vander, London, 1994

Eighteen demitasse spoons, mark of C.J. Vander, London, 1994

A Gorham tomato server, marked 'Sterling'

Eight silver plate steak knives with steel blades

A silver plate sauce ladle

A pair of metal ice tongs

The dinner knives 10 in. long, 345.9 oz. approx. weighable, (246 pcs).

Condition

Wear consistent with age and use. Some abrasions and nicks, a few slightly bent fork tines. The three condiment spoons with greater wear. Otherwise in good condition.

Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

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