Strauss & co - 15 March 2010, Cape Town

37 54 An extensive canteen of silver ‘Chippendale’ pattern cutlery, Elkington & Company, 1934 - 1940 each engraved with the initial A, comprising: Inner canteen lid: 30 table knives a carving knife and fork Top compartment: 15 coffee spoons 4 sugar tongs, in sizes 15 hors d’oeuvres forks 15 hors d’oeuvres knives 15 fruit knives and 15 fruit forks with mother-of-pearl handles 15 fish knives and 15 fish forks with bone handles Middle drawer: 15 dessert forks a sugar sifter 30 teaspoons 30 dinner forks 15 pastry forks 5 butter knives 15 dessert knives Bottom drawer: 7 salt and mustard spoons 30 soup spoons 14 grapefruit spoons 15 ice spoons 15 dessert spoons 8 tablespoons 4 sauce ladles a knife sharpener 15 asparagus eaters a pair of asparagus tongs a pair of salad servers a pair of serving forks a pair of serving spoons a pair of fish servers with bone handles a condiment spoon, 8750g contained in a mahogany canteen with hinged cover above a pair of drawers, canted sides on a plinth base, drawer handle missing, 26,5cm high, 68,5cmwide, 46cm deep (373 ) R100 000 – 120 000 Detail