Fine Cased Victorian Sixty-Five-Piece Sterling Silver Gilt "Bacchanalian" Dessert Service, hallmarked London, 1885-1887, by Wakely & Wheeler, the pattern designed ca. 1812 by Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), comprising eighteen three-piece dessert settings, with six berry spoons and five additional serving pieces, no monograms, 152.07 total t. oz. (including filled-handle pieces with silver blades/tines), presented in the original calamander cabinet, the cupboard doors opening to reveal four fitted, burgundy velvet-lined drawers, two with lift-out trays, 13" x 16-1/2" x 13-1/4", above a later rectangular faux calamander-finished table with tapering legs, 26-1/2" x 19-3/4" x 15" (overall height 39-1/2"). Detailed list of pieces available on request.

Overall Condition: Very Good. No condition issues noted beyond light wear consistent with age and use, including very minor wear to the gilding in some of the high places of relief. Some oxidation to the gilding, easily removed with a proper cleaning. A very handsome, seldom-used set. Each piece hallmarked with 1) the sterling lion passant; 2) the London leopard's head; 3) the date letter "K" or "L" for 1885-1886 and 1886-1887, respectively; 4) the Victoria's bust duty mark; and 5) the "JW/FCW" in a trefoil maker's mark of Wakely & Wheeler; the grape shears with the date letter "F" for 1881-1882 and the "HJL/JW" maker's mark of Lias & Wakely, immediate predecessor of Wakely & Wheeler.