Cutlery Case with Goblet.
( England
c. 1840 to c. 1860
)
Medium
Silver plated
Signed/Inscribed/Dated
The spoon and fork are stamped with the maker's mark of 'WH & SBP' whilst the medicine spoon is marked 'S & B' with a crown and 'EP' .
Dimensions
8.00cm wide
13.00cm high
8.00cm deep
(3.15 inches wide 5.12 inches high 3.15 inches deep)
Description / Expertise
This cutlery set is very interesting in that it appears to have been adapted by its owner from the outset. Whereas you would expect it to have a leather and papier mache tub, fitted to take the implements, it does not. The owner seems to have discarded it in order that he might fit in a small goblet, fitted with a shaped three part condiment tower. The ivory handled knife, fork and spoon with the additional medicine spoon sit loosely in the beaker around the goblet and were presumably stopped from rattling by a napkin. All parts are engraved with the entwined initials 'RHW' and seem to be contemporary to each other. Apart from the case which is blue leather and the corkscrew and knife blade which are steel, the parts are all silver plated.
Price
gbp 795.00 (Pound Sterling)
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