South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 8 October 2012
Session 2
About this Item
Birmingham, England & Rhode Island, USA
An assembled set of American silver 'Kings' pattern flatware, Gorham, with import marks for Birmingham, 1904-1905 comprising: 6 table forks, 6 table spoons, 6 dessert forks, 6 dessert spoons, 4 teaspoons, 6 coffee spoons, 2 salt spoons, a pair of carvers, a pair of fish servers, a soup ladle, a sauce ladle, a pickle fork, a pair of sugar tongs and a butter knife, 2210g, 6 table knives and 6 dessert knives; and an assembled set of Kings pattern electroplate flatware, various makers, including Walker & Hall, late 19th century, comprising: 6 dinner forks, 6 dinner knives, 12 soup spoons, 12 fish forks, 12 fish knives, 6 dessert forks, 6 dessert knives, 6 dessert spoons, 12 ice-cream spoons, 12 cake forks, 4 teaspoons, 6 coffee spoons, 6 serving spoons, a pair of salad servers, a pair of carvers and a steel, a butter knife, a bread knife and a cake slice; contained in an oak brass-bound canteen, rectangular, the top inset with a brass plaque engraved with the initials JHM, 30cm high, 63cm wide, 46cm deep (172)
Provenance
Johannes Henoch Marais (1851-1915). See lot 225 in this sale for more details
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