Property of a Private Canadian Collection
A rare Victorian Admiralty pattern canteen, G.W. Adams for Chawner & Co, London, 1873/76
Lot Closed
May 26, 02:34 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Canadian Collection
A rare Victorian Admiralty pattern canteen, G.W. Adams for Chawner & Co
London, 1873/76
comprising:
12 table spoons
12 table forks
12 dessert forks
12 dessert spoons Hunt and Roskell and Francis Higgins & son
12 teaspoons and 2 sauce ladles Hunt & Roskell, London 1855
soup ladle, Francis Higgins & Son
12 table knives and 12 dessert knives with steel blades, CJ Vander, Sheffield, 1977
4550gr., 146oz. 6dwt., excluding knives
Previously sold, Replica Shoes 's London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 21 November 2002, lot 64
Examples of Admiralty pattern table silver are in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, including a soup ladle, maker's mark of G.W. Adams for Chawner & Co., London, 1853 (object ID: PLT0293 ). The accompanying note reads: 'Admiralty pattern silver of this type was in use by officers in Royal Navy wardrooms from 1842 until 1884 when instructions were issued for the substitution of electroplate.'
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