* An Assembled English Silver Flatware Service,
various makers, london, 19th and 20th century,
Fiddle Thread Shell pattern, most crested, comprising
18 dinner knives
18 dinner forks
17 lunch knives
18 lunch forks
18 tablespoons
18 dessert spoons
16 teaspoons
together with
7 butter spreaders, King pattern, Gorham Mfg. Co.
1 basting spoon, King pattern, Dominick & Haff Co.
1 berry spoon, St. James pattern, Tiffany & Co.
1 serving spoon, Audubon variant pattern
133 pieces, with wood box; 206 ozt 18 dwt excluding knives.
Estimate $ 3,000-5,000
Property from the Estate of Mary Griggs Burke, New York City, New York and Cable, Wisconsin
overall wear especially to engraving, some scratches throughout, 1930 dinner knives showing some lead solder at handle joins,1 dinner fork and 1 tbs repaired at handle where snapped, 9 lunch knives with blades starting to separate from handles, tines mostly straight and even,
likely heavily buffed, causing significant wear to high spots of decoration and crests. but marks are still clear
otherwise good condition
18 dinner knives, (11) Francis Higgins, 1863, (7) Harry Freeman, 1930
18 dinner forks, (14) Solomon Hougham, 1816, (1) Josiah & George Percy, 1817, (3) William Troby, 1826
17 lunch knives, (11) Eley & Fearn, 1823-24, (6) Harry Freeman, 1930
18 lunch forks, (10) Charles Eley, 1825, (6) William Troby, 1826, (2) maker's mark rubbed, 1830
18 tablespoons, (1) Paul Storr, 1812, (8) Solomon Hougham, 1816, (2) Hougham, Royes & Dix, 1817, (2) Charles Eley, 1825, (2) William Chawner, 1826, (1) William Eley II, 1826, (1) matching 20th century replacement
18 dessert spoons, (11) Solomon Hougham, 1816, (4) Charles Eley, (1825), (1) matching 20th century replacement
16 teaspoons, (8) Wigham, Royes & Dix, 1817, (8) Robert Whitford, Dublin, 1817