The pieces of this magnificent and comprehensive antique George V English sterling silver canteen of cutlery for twelve persons have been crafted in the Sandringham pattern.
Each spoon and fork is embellished with a paralleling border to the handle, in addition to a pointed terminal.
The original table and dessert knives, in addition to the fish service, fruit service and carving set all retain the original faceted Art Deco style mother of pearl handles; each with plain a ferrule.
The bowls of the salt and mustard spoons retain the original gilding.
This boxed canteen of cutlery consists of 164 pieces:
- Basic Service:
- 12 Table knives
- 12 Table forks
- 12 Soup spoons
- 6 Table/Serving spoons
- 12 Dessert knives
- 12 Dessert forks
- 12 Dessert spoons
- 12 Fruit knives
- 12 Fruit forks
- 12 Fish knives
- 12 Fish forks
- 12 Teaspoons
- 6 Egg spoons
- Additional Pieces:
- Soup ladle
- Pair of Sauce ladles
- Fish serving knife
- Fish serving fork
- 4 Salt spoons
- Pair of Mustard spoons
- Pair of Jam spoons
- Sugar tongs
- Meat carving knife
- Game carving knife
- Large carving fork
- Small carving fork
- Bread knife
- Sharpening steel
This impressive service benefits from an extensive range of serving pieces, incorporating an exceptional matching silver fish and dessert service.
The fundamental components of this canteen were crafted by the Sheffield silversmith Emile Viner of Viner's Ltd in 1932.
The original mother of pearl handled knives bear the maker's mark 'Viners Ltd, Sheffield, Cutlers to H.M The King, Stainless De-luxe' to the stainless steel blades.
This exceptional canteen of cutlery is fitted to the original and substantial oak wood two drawer, lift up lid canteen table; this is an impressive piece of furniture in its own right.
The anterior surface of the box bears the original gilt metal drawer handles and escutcheon to each drawer.
The hinged panel to either side is embellished with an impressive applied carved wood floral rosette motif accented with a pensile drop.
One drawer of this exceptional and substantial canteen table has a vacant and versatile storage compartment to the rear portion.
Such services would typically bear ivorine handles, to locate a full service with desirable mother of pearl handles is rare and becoming increasingly difficult to locate; this indicates the high quality of the service.
