A Victorian sterling silver table service of flatware / canteen, London 1869/75 by George Adams of Chawner and Co

Fiddle and Thread pattern, double struck, each engraved with initials GW gothic script cypher. Comprising:

4 serving spoons

6 tablespoons (1869)

6 table forks

6 dessert forks

6 dessert spoons

A pair of sauce ladles

(30)

Weight – 2199 grams / 70.69 ozt

The initials are for Gustavus Andreas Witt (German, Hamburg 1840-1905) a merchant who married Johanna Frederika Helene de Clermont (German, Frankfurt 1848-1936). Thence by descent to their son Sir Robert Witt (1872-1952), thence to Sir John Witt (1907-1982), thence by descent.