Lot 288
A pair of late Victorian small silver toast racks, of typical form with five heart shaped bars...
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Lot 288
A pair of late Victorian small silver toast racks, of typical form with five heart shaped bars...
Lot 288
Lot Description
A pair of late Victorian small silver toast racks, of typical form with five heart shaped bars and ring handle raised above four ball feet, hallmarked Elkington & Co Ltd., London 1900, width measures 2 1/2 inches (7.2 cm), plus a further similar example, hallmarked Hukin & Heath (John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton), Birmingham 1899. Together with an Irish silver provincial Fiddle pattern teaspoon with initialled terminal, stamped Sterling, an Irish silver Celtic Point teaspoon with bright-cut decoration and initialled elliptical cartouche, stamped Sterling alongside maker's mark 'S R', four silver teaspoons, including three George III examples and a miniature silver mounted hand mirror. Gross weighable silver 6.84 ozt (212.7 grams).
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
In varied condition, the lot displays general surface scratches, marks, wear and tarnishing commensurate with the age and use. No town mark present on the George III teaspoons, assumed London, each has initialled/monogrammed terminals to the reverse or obverse. Some bends, dints and splits to the bowls of the Irish and George III spoons. The Walker & Hall teaspoon has a golfing motif to the terminal. Some creases to the miniature hand mirror silver mount on the handle, vacant cartouche to the centre. Stamps and hallmarks rubbed but legible.
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