Three rare Victorian sterling silver gilt dessert service dessert spoons, London 1850 by George Adams of Chawner and Co

Three rare Victorian sterling silver gilt dessert service dessert spoons, London 1850 by George Adams of Chawner and Co

King’s Shape “Elizabethan” pattern, double struck, each engraved with contemporaneous initials LER in cursive script. Each fully marked. (3)

Length – 18.2 cm / 7.15 inches

Weight – 199 grams / 6.4 ozt

“King’s Shape “Elizabethan” pattern (pattern of an unknown name) – this very rare pattern combines King’s shape with decoration very similar to the Elizabethan pattern. It is one the patterns produced for Hunt & Roskell for George W. Adams of Chawner & Co. (…) Odd piece’s may occasionally be found. Building a service would be almost impossible.” Illustrated Pickford, I. (1983), Silver Flatware: English, Irish and Scottish, 1660-1980, Suffolk: Antiques Collectors Club, p. 134, f. 200.

Please see lots 342-348 for the rest of this service