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159 A SET OF SIX SILVER FISH KNIVES AND SIX FORKS, JAMES DIXON & SONS LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1930 Feather Edge pattern, in fitted oak case 463gr (14oz) £120-180
156 156 TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II SILVER TEA TONGS OR NIPS, MAKER’S MARKS APPARENTLY TW AND W.O (probably for WILLIAM OVERTON), LONDON, CIRCA 1745 the first engraved with the initials DD, approximately 12.5cm long; and three pairs of sugar tongs, one bright-cut, Hester Bateman, London, circa 1780, one plain Fiddle pattern, engraved with the initials AA, Thomas Hoare, London,1806, the last King’s pattern, John Walton, Newcastle, 1840 Tongs of the pattern of the first items in this lot have long been catalogued as sugar nips and more recently as tea tongs. Eileen Goodway, at a recent Silver Society meeting in London, however, has suggested that they were employed as snuffers to extinguish the flames of tea kettle burners. £180-220
160 160 A MATCHED SET TABLE SILVER, HALF MAKER’S MARK JH OVER AH (UNRECORDED), LONDON, 1840, HALF GLADWIN LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1939 all Queens pattern, the first half crested and comprising eleven table forks and ten dessert spoons, the second half comprising six tablespoons and twelve dessert forks 3122gr (100oz) (39) £1000-1500
157 A PAIR OF GEORGIAN SILVER TEA TONGS OR NIPS, POSSIBLY HENRY PLUMPTON, CIRCA 1760 circular hinge, shell terminals and scroll stems; together with a pair George III silver sugar tongs, initialled and bright-cut decorated, Peter, Ann & William Bateman, London, 1802; another pair of George III silver sugar tongs, Beaded pattern, George Smith, London, circa 1800; and a pair of silver asparagus tongs, typical form, William Hutton & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, 1902 231gr (7oz) (4) £100-150
161 161 A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN SILVER TEA KNIVES AND ELEVEN FORKS, WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS LTD., LONDON, 1899 with plain mother-of-pearl handles; together with a set of six Victorian silver fish knives and six forks, William Hutton & Sons Ltd., London, 1899, with plain ivory handles (35)
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£150-250
158 A SET OF TWELVE WILLIAM IV SILVER TABLE FORKS, JAMES BARBER, GEORGE CATTLE & WILLIAM NORTH, YORK, 1832 Fiddle pattern, initialled JL; together with the following Fiddle pattern table silver, London, 1812-1842: five initialled tablespoons, five plain dessert spoons, a crested butter knife and an Exeter crested salt spoon 1611gr (51oz)
162 A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER FISH SERVERS, MALEHAM & YEOMANS, SHEFFIELD, 1910 bright-cut blade and tines, ivory handles, in original case: together with a pair of Victorian berry spoons, typical decoration to the early 18th century silver spoons; and a Victorian silver cream ladle, Beaded pattern, initialled AC, Chawner & Co., London, 1871 (5)
£400-600
£80-120
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