A FINE VICTORIAN MATCHED SILVER CANTEEN OF BEADED PATTERN FLATWARE

A FINE VICTORIAN MATCHED SILVER CANTEEN OF BEADED PATTERN FLATWARE

the majority by George Adams, London 1858 and 1863, and Francis Higgins, 1882, some other dates, the terminals with the monogram of Alfred de Rothschild, comprising: sixty-four table forks, twenty-four dessert forks, twenty-two silver-gilt dessert forks, thirty-one tablespoons, twenty-four dessert spoons, twenty-three silver-gilt dessert spoons, nineteen teaspoons, eleven egg spoons, two butter knives, a pair of fish servers, a crumb scoop, a pair of silver-gilt grape scissors, six sauce ladles, two soup ladles, a pair of salad servers. eight silver-gilt fruit serving spoons, a pair of silver-gilt ice cream spades, two pairs of silver-gilt ice tongs, twenty-four silver-gilt ice cream spoons, a pair of silver-gilt sugar sifting spoons, a pair of silver-gilt ladles, twenty-four table knives, twenty-six dessert knives (some modern), twenty-two silver bladed fruit knives, eleven fruit knives and forks, plus nine odd silver and electroplated beaded teaspoons (A lot)

approx. weighable 602oz.

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'A silver gilt beaded dessert service consisting of 118 pieces and a silver beaded service'.