44 piece King's Pattern Canteen, London 1895

44 piece King's Pattern Service, London 1895-98 by Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater

The Service

We are offering for sale an excellent late Victorian silver 6 place settings canteen in Kings Pattern with a great array of serving items. The service provides for 6 pieces for each of six place settings.

All the pieces were hand-wrought in the traditional manner in one of London’s premier silversmithing workshops. Each piece has a very hefty weight in the hand and oozes high quality. A major benefit is the high relief double-struck decoration and the fact that there are no personalised engravings.

The soup spoons take the form of the traditional oval-bowled table spoon and the egg spoons are ideal for use with coffee. The serving items include a very useful 12” long basting spoon (also known as gravy, stuffing or long handled serving spoon).

If required, we can also supply a set of late 20^th century silver handled King’s Pattern table and dessert knives that would make ideal accompaniments to the service.

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 44-piece service consists of the following:

Total weight of weighable silver 3030 grams (97.4 troy ounces).

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. We can also supply King’s Pattern knives and further serving items.

Condition

Fabulous condition. The forks have full and equal length tines and the spoons retain their original thick bowl tips. No personalised engraving nor have been any removed.

Presentation

This canteen is offered loose, but we can supply cutlery rolls on request.

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.