72 piece King's Pattern Canteen, London 1837/8

The Service

We are pleased to be offering an excellent early Victorian silver 12 place settings canteen in Kings Pattern. The service provides for six pieces per 12 place settings.

All the spoons and forks were hand-wrought in the traditional manner in one of London’s premier workshops. Each piece bears an engraved crest – spoons to the front and forks to the reverse. The majority of the pieces are engraved with a boar’s head, but the table spoons have a stag.

The knives are modern accompaniments because antique knives rarely survive in practicable condition. These knives are fitted with stainless steel blades and are hallmarked Birmingham 1967 by J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd.

King's Pattern

King's Pattern is the most well known and popular decorative patterns. It was based on an 18th century French design and became fashionable amongst the wealthy in the early years of the 19th Century. The design encompasses a shell to both sides of the handle terminal and reverse of the bowl, scrolls down the handle shaft with a honeysuckle motif to the centre. The double-struck nature of the pattern (i.e. pattern on both sides) ensures that a good gauge of silver was used in manufacture and therefore the majority of London-made pieces in this pattern have a hefty feel in the hand. The best quality King's Pattern was made in London, where it was hand-wrought and has a high relief to the decoration. Machine made King's Pattern from Sheffield is lower in relief and generally has a less interesting appearance and lighter weight.

Components

This 72-piece service consists of the following:

Total weight of weighable silver 3970 grams (127.7 troy ounces). Additional to this weight are the 24 modern silver handled knives.

Optional Extras

We have a huge range of King’s Pattern in stock and will be happy to quote for any additional pieces that may be required to suit your needs.

Condition

Excellent polished condition.

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.