A Group of Vintage and Antique Fiddle & Shell Sterling Silver Flatware

(25) pieces including: (5) Towle Fiddle Shell knives (9 3/4 in.); (5) George III silver forks with mark of George Smith III and William Fearn, London (1787 and 1791), with armorial engraving (8 in.); (2) spoons (8 in.) and (2) forks (7 7/8 in.) with French hallmarks, 1798-1809 period hallmarks, partially rubbed maker's mark, worn armorial engraving (wear and denting to bowls and tines); (1) George III silver spoon with mark of William Eley I and William Fearn, London (1818), monogrammed (7 in.); (2) George III silver spoons with mark of William Eley I, William Fearn and William Chawner, London (1809), monogrammed (7 in.); (3) Victorian silver teaspoons with mark of Gowland Brothers, Newcastle (1857), monogrammed (5 5/8 in.) (one with damaged handle); (3) George III silver teaspoons with mark of Thomas Watson, Newcastle (1827), monogrammed (5 1/2 in.); and a George III silver two tined serving fork with mark of Mary Chawner, London (1834), with armorial engraving (7 3/4 in.).
37.125 total weighable troy oz.
Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
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