129 piece Hester Bateman Pattern Canteen
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129 piece Canteen (258 piece option) – Hester Bateman Pattern (12 place settings); Boxed - Hallmark: Sheffield 1996 by Roberts & Belk – Weight: 6150 grams (198 tr.oz.) - Ref. No.: KRH/4490
129 piece Hester Bateman Pattern Canteen of Cutlery, Sheffield 1996 by Roberts & Belk
The Service
We are pleased to be offering a great opportunity to own a boxed silver cutlery set in the highly desirable Hester Bateman Pattern. This elegant service provides for ten pieces per 12 place settings with additional serving and carving items.
All the pieces in this canteen were made in Sheffield by Roberts & Belk (owned by CJ Vander) and bear appropriate Sterling silver hallmarks for Sheffield 1996.
The service is in mint condition and is unlikely to have ever been used.
We can double-up with this service to 24 place settings as we have an identical set – see below for details.
Hester Bateman Pattern
This flatware pattern is named in honour of the most famous lady silversmith Hester Bateman. As a widow, Hester Bateman took over her husband’s business in 1760, and not only continued to produce but actually expanded the business, which for a woman of 52 years of age in the late 18thCentury was no mean achievement.
Hester Bateman was one of the innovators of the Classical style in English silver and this flatware service portrays many of the features used by her in the production of silver. The bead edge and engraved cartouche were features used by her during the 1780’s. Her fine designs and elegant productions has earned her the sobriquet “Queen of English Silversmiths”.
Components
This 129-piece service consists of the following:
| 12 Soup Spoons (round bowls) 17.3cm | 12 Coffee Spoons 10.5cm |
| 12 Table/dinner Forks 21cm | 12 Fish Knives 21.5cm |
| 12 Table Knives 25cm | 12 Fish Forks 18.3cm |
| 12 Dessert Forks 18.7cm | 4 Table/serving Spoons 21.2cm |
| 12 Dessert Knives 21.8cm | 3 piece Carving Set 28 to 33.6cm |
| 12 Dessert Spoons 18.5cm | Pair Sauce Ladles 15.5cm |
| 12 Teaspoons 12.8cm |
Total weight of weighable silver 6150 grams (198 troy ounces) plus 24 silver handled knives and three piece carving set.
Condition
Excellent polished condition throughout. Mint.
Presentation
This canteen is presented within its original wooden box. The knives are contained within the hinged cover and the fish eaters & sauce ladles in the pull out drawer. The box has a few minor scuffs to the exterior
Optional Extras
We are pleased to inform that we have another exact matching canteen to this one, with the exception that there is no second wooden box. This would increase the size of the service to 24 place settings with 258 pieces and the total weight will be increased to 12,300grams plus 54 silver handled extras. These extra 129 pieces are all contained within their original cellophane wrappers. The price for both canteens together is £9950 – please contact us if you are interested in this option.
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.
