36-piece Gilt Dessert Service, 1794
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36-piece Dessert Service - Old English Feather Edge; gilt - London 1794/5 - 1031grams + 12 knives - GN/8614
36-piece Silver-Gilt Old English Feather Edge Pattern Dessert Canteen, London 1794/95
The Service
We are pleased to be offering an outstanding Georgian period silver-gilt 12 place settings dessert service in Old English Pattern.
All the pieces in this cutlery service were made in London in the mid-1790’s. During the 18th century, spoons and forks were made by specialist workshops and knives by other specialists, this is the case with this set where all but two forks were made in 1795 by Northcote and Bourne, and all the knives were made by a combination of the Tatum and Brent workshops who were specialist haft makers and had formerly been apprenticed to Dru Drury the famous early 18th century haft maker.
Each piece is beautifully decorated with a bright-cut engraved feather edging and the knives have additional ribbing to help grip. The quality is of the highest degree throughout. Every piece also bears an engraved crest depicting a harp with angel.
This is a truly wonderful set!
Old English Pattern
Old English Pattern was first introduced circa 1770 and has always been a very favoured pattern due to its elegant and simple form. Soon after its introduction, simple bright-cut engraved decoration was added as a variation with feather edging being the most popular.
Components
This 30-piece service consists of the following:
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12 Dessert Spoons, London 1795 by Thomas Northcote and George Bourne 17.7cm long |
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12 Dessert Forks, London 1795 by Thomas Northcote and George Bourne (x10) plus 1794 by George Smith & William Fearn (x2) 17.1cm long |
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12 Dessert Knives, London 1795 by John Tatum & Son (some by Moses Brent 1794) 21.6cm long |
Total weight of weighable silver 1030 grams (33 troy ounces) plus 12 knives.
Condition
The condition is excellent throughout with very little wear to the gilding and super crisp engraving. The knife hafts are solid with no movement and fork tines and full and equal length.
Presentation
This canteen is offered loose. We can supply anti-tarnish cutlery rolls on request. These navy blue rolls have individual pockets to hold 12 items per roll and are available for £15 each.
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.
