86 piece Queen's Silver Canteen for 12 People, 1898

86 piece Boxed Queen's Pattern Canteen of Silver Cutlery, London 1898/9 by Francis Higgins 

This is a fantastic boxed silver canteen in the highly sought after Queen’s Pattern. The service provides for the traditional seven pieces per 12 place settings, with the spoons and forks housed within their original wooden box and complementing modern silver handled knives are supplied in two cutlery rolls.

This is a straight service with all the spoons and fork being hallmarked for London 1898/9, made by Francis Higgins. The sauce ladles are also by Higgins, but hallmarked for London 1912 and in the similar King’s Pattern. The twenty-four silver handled knives are fitted with stainless steel blades and hallmarked Sheffield 1990.

Queen's Pattern

Queen’s Pattern was first in fashion in the 1820’s and has similarities in shape to King’s Pattern but has more ornate decoration and an anthemion motif to the reverse of the bowls. It was named in honour of Queen Caroline of Brunswick (King George IV’s wife). The highly ornate decoration found on Queen’s Pattern demands that each piece is made with a thick gauge of silver and thus makes it one of the most prestigious of all flatware patterns. 

Components

This 63-piece service consists of the following:

Total weight of weighable silver 4625 grams (148.7 troy ounces) plus 24 silver handled knives.

Condition

Excellent original condition. The forks tines are full length and the spoon bowls remain unworn. The Queen’s Pattern decoration remains crisp throughout.

Presentation

This canteen is presented within an attractive, blue-baize lined wooden box with central brass shield to the top. Each piece has an individual slot to prevent scuffing with a neighbour. There are some marks to the exterior, but the overall condition is excellent. There is no key. The box measures 47cm wide x 32cm deep x 17.5cm high.

As with all our canteens, we are happy to send a sample place setting on receipt of a surety payment.