Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

52 140 An assembled set of Georgian silver Hanoverian Rat-Tail pattern flatware, various makers, London, 1732-1804 comprising: a basting spoon, twelve dinner forks, twelve dinner spoons, twelve dessert forks, twelve dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, the terminals variously engraved, 2720g all in ; six George V silver and stainless steel dinner knives, William Hutton & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, 1930, the blade engraved ‘CROSS ARROWS, WM HUTTON & SONS LD, SHEFFIELD, FIRTHS STAINLESS’ ; six George V silver and stainless steel dinner knives, Spink & Son, London, 1925, the blade engraved ‘SPINK & SON LTD, PICCADILLY.W’ ; three George V silver and stainless steel bread knives, Spink & Son, London, 1925, the blade engraved ‘SPINK & SON LTD, PICCADILLY.W’ ; and three Elizabeth II silver and stainless steel bread knives, possibly C J Vander Ltd, London, 1953, the blade engraved ‘SPINK & SON LTD, MADE IN ENGLAND, STAINLESS STEEL’ (79) R –  141 An assembled set of George III silver Old English Thread pattern flatware, Richard Crossley, William Eley & William Fearn, London, 1785-1804 comprising: twelve dinner forks, twelve dessert forks, twelve dessert spoons, 1890g all in ; twelve Elizabeth II silver and stainless steel dinner knives, Terry Shaverin, Sheffield, 1997; and twelve Elizabeth II silver bread knives, Terry Shaverin, Sheffield, 1997 (60) R –  140 141