Cape Town, 11 October 2011

17 5 An assembled set of ‘Queens’ pattern cutlery, various makers and dates, London, Sheffield, Dublin and Glasgow, 1824-1984 comprising: 12 table forks, 14 table knives, 14 table spoons, 18 dessert forks, 14 dessert knives, 12 dessert spoons, 12 teaspoons, a pair of asparagus tongs, 2 sauce ladles, 2 salt spoons, a basting spoon, a butter knife, a bread knife and a carving knife, 5470g , in two associated wooden canteens (105) R40 000 – 60 000 4 A George III silver soup tureen and cover, possibly John Houle, London, 1819 oval, on four acanthus-leaf and paw feet, the sides engraved with an armorial and applied with a pair of acanthus- leaf capped handles, with gadrooned, shell and leaf borders, the domed cover with leaf, shell and reeded handle and engraved with a crest, 4385g, 42cmwide over handles R90 000 – 120 000 4 5