Georgian King's Pattern Canteen, 1826

60 Piece Silver King’s Pattern Canteen, London 1826 by Charles Eley

The Service

This is one of the very best King's Pattern canteens that we have ever had the privilege to offer. It is Georgian period in date and remains intact as a straight service (all matching hallmarks). The quality and condition is fantastic throughout.

This “straight” service provides for five pieces per 12 place settings. Furthermore, we are able to offer more pieces from the original service, including servers, plus we can complement the set with a range of 20th century knives, fish eaters etc to suit your requirements.

All the spoons and forks bear the same hallmarks for London 1826 and were hand-wrought in the traditional manner by Charles Eley who was the successor to one of London’s most important silver flatware makers of the 18^th & 19^th centuries - William Eley & William Fearn. Each piece bears a lovely engraved crest.

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 spoons and forks from Sheffield have lower relief decoration and generally have a less interesting appearance and lighter weight.

Components

This 60-piece service consists of the following:

The total weight of silver is 4850grams (156 troy ounces).

Optional Extras

We have a range of exact matching items that came with the service that are available as extras on request:

6 table spoons, 6 table forks, 6 dessert spoons, 2 dessert forks and a teaspoon.

Plus we have 3 large and heavy serving spoons (see photo):

Soup Ladle; 34cm long - £220;

Pair Basting (serving) Spoons; 30.5cm long - £300.

Furthermore, we can add a range of complementing items that are hallmarked Sheffield 1923/5 by Mappin & Webb and include;

12 table knives & 12 dessert knives (£960), 12 pairs fish knives & forks (£960), fish servers and a range of smaller serving items. Please see photo showing a sample place setting including these knives and fish eaters.

These items remain free from engravings and so do not bear the same crest.

Condition

Excellent polished condition throughout. The forks have full length tines and the spoons retain their thick bowl tips. The double struck decoration remains super crisp throughout. In fact for a service that is almost 200 years old, the condition is quite astonishing!

Presentation

This canteen is supplied in five anti-tarnish cutlery rolls. These navy blue rolls have individual pockets and hold 12 items.

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.