An Assembled Eighty Seven-Piece English Shell Pattern Silver Flatware Service, London and Sheffield, England, ea... (Total: 87 Items)

Description

An Assembled Eighty Seven-Piece English Shell Pattern Silver Flatware Service, London and Sheffield, England, early 19th century
Marks: (lion passant), (leopard), (various)
10 inches (25.4 cm) (longest, dinner knife)
133.71 troy ounces (weighable)


PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF COLLETTA RAY MCMILLIAN, HOUSTON, TEXAS

The service comprising:
12 dinner knives;
12 luncheon knives;
8 dinner forks (7-7/8 in.);
21 fish forks (6-5/8 in.);
14 serving spoons (8-5/8 in.);
8 oval soup or place spoons (6-7/8 in.);
12 teaspoons (5-1/2 in.)
87 Total

Various makers including Thomas Wilkes Barker, Francis Higgins II, William Eley & William Fearn, Elizabeth Eaton, William Collins, Josiah & George Piercy, Harrison Brothers & Howson.

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