102 piece Princess Pattern Canteen, 1898

Princess Pattern Canteen of silver cutlery London 1898 by Goldsmiths Silversmiths Company Ltd
Princess Pattern Canteen of silver cutlery London 1898 by Goldsmiths Silversmiths Company Ltd DSCN5668 DSCN5670 DSCN5673 DSCN5675 DSCN5676 DSCN5678 DSCN5681

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102 piece Canteen – Princess Pattern (12 place settings); - Hallmark: London 1898 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Limited – Weight: 4910 grams (158 tr.oz.) + 24 silver handled knives - Ref. No.: HR9780

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102 Piece Princess Pattern 12 place settings Canteen of Silver Cutlery, London 1898 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd

The Service

We are pleased to be offering a rare opportunity to own a straight service of Victorian silver cutlery in the graceful Princess Pattern.

This service provides for eight pieces per 12 place settings, plus six serving spoons.

All the spoons and forks in this service were made by the premier makers, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Limited, bear hallmarks for London 1898 and are engraved with the same crest to the front. One teaspoon is a slightly later addition by the same maker (London 1910) and does not bear the crest.

The set has 12 of all the main dining pieces and an especially pleasing addition are the good-sized, round bowled soup spoons which are particularly early in date (generally soup spoons with the familiar round bowls are considered to have been first introduced circa 1900-1905 and so these are extremely early examples).

The 24 knives have silver handles and stainless steel blades and are an excellent complement to the set. These are new and hallmarked for Sheffield 2020 and not engraved with the crest.

Officially called Princess Number 1 pattern, this 19th Century pattern has an elegant restrained decoration based on the King’s Pattern shape. It is a scarce and highly desirable pattern that is very rarely found as a full service.

  Components

This 102-piece service consists of the following:

12 Soup Spoons (round bowls)   20cm

12 Dessert Spoons                    17.6cm

12 Table Knives                           24.8cm

12 Teaspoons                            14.6cm

12 Table/dinner Forks                21cm

12 Coffee/Egg spoons              12.7cm

12 Dessert Knives                        22cm

6 Table/serving Spoons            22cm

12 Dessert  Forks                        17.8cm

 

Total weight of weighable silver 4910 grams (158 troy ounces) plus 24 silver handled knives.

Optional Extras

The original service was larger than the above and we have the following matching extras with the same crest and these are available to the numbers required on request:

  • 6 table forks
  • 6 table spoons
  • 18 dessert forks
  • 12 dessert forks

Condition

The silver is in excellent polished condition throughout with full length tines and unworn bowls.

Presentation

This canteen is presented within nine new anti-tarnish cutlery rolls.

  

As with all the canteens available from our web-site, we are happy to send a sample place setting for approval, on receipt of a fully refundable surety payment, prior to purchasing this canteen.