An assembled group of George III, Victorian, and George V sterling silver tablewares Various makers, London, Sheffield, and Birmingham, various dates ranging from 1783 to 1932

Comprising a sterling silver toddy ladle with impressed silver crown, dated "1708," and baleen handle, by William Sumner II, London, 1792; a sterling silver ladle by George Smith V, London, 1798; a cased set of gold-washed sterling silver tablewares with bright-cut decoration, including a pair of tablespoons by George Wintle, London, 1794, and a reticulated ladle by Richard Crossley, London, 1783, the case marked Elkington & Co.; a cased set of four sterling silver salts and salt spoons by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, 1898; a cased sterling silver condiment set including four salt cellars with cobalt blue glass liners, four salt spoons, a mustard pot with cobalt blue glass liner, mustard spoon, and a pair of pepper shakers, by maker "TL," London, 1899 and 1900; and a sterling silver box with inscribed signatures on top, lined with cedar, by W.H. Haseler, Ltd., Birmingham, 1932; all items marked.

(L: 13 3/4 in. (toddy ladle), Total weight: 27.75 oz. t. (weighable sterling))

Provenance

From a Main Line collection.