A LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK CASED THREE TIER CANTEEN OF LATE 19T...

Hammer

£3,000

A LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK CASED THREE TIER CANTEEN OF LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH SILVER FLATWARE BY ELKINGTON & CO, hourglass and beaded style pattern, engraved monongram, majority of pieces Birmingham 1894, comprising eight teaspoons, 9.72ozt, 302.2 grams, twelve dessert spoons, 28.12ozt, 874.5 grams, twelve dessert forks (Birmingham 1902), 27.45ozt, 853.7 grams, twenty four table forks, 76.79ozt, 2388.5 grams, a pair of sauce ladles, 6.68ozt, 207.7 grams, a sugar sifter spoon, (Birmingham 1899), 2.29ozt, 71.1 grams, a pair of mustard spoons, 2.14ozt, 66.5 grams, five salt spoons, 3.56ozt, 110.7 grams, eleven egg spoons, 9.02ozt, 280.5 grams, twelve dessert spoons, 40.53ozt, a soup ladle, a gravy spoon, 8.18ozt, 254.4 grams and a pair of fish carvers, 14.2ozt, 441.7 grams, total number of pieces eighty one, gross weight 238.75 grams, 7425.5 grams (Condition Report: canteen lacks metal cartouche from lid, with key and canteen locks, items have been used and some pieces show wear to tips of bowl, ends of prongs, however in useable condition, marks are generally clear)