Monday 10 December 2012 | 10:00 | Lots: 527

Monday 10 December 2012 | 10:00 | Lots: 527

Lot 499

Lot 499

Victorian silver handled letter opener, silver handled button hook & three fruit knives.

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Lot 499

Lot Description

Late Victorian silver handled and ivory letter opener, hallmarked Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd, Birmingham 1898, length measures 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm);  together with a silver handled button hook, hallmarked Chester, possibly 1923, two mother of pearl and silver fruit knives and a further silver handled example (blade deficient). (5).

Export issue: Yes

Postage: Auction Default

Weight: No

Total lot weight: No

Items are in varied condition, however all display general surface scratches, marks, wear and tarnishing commensurate with the age and use.  Chip to rounded tip of ivory blade, also other nicks, deeper scratches and some loss of detail to decoration on silver handle.  Some rust visible to button hook and various small surface dints to handle.  Hallmarks are partly obscured.  General wear to blades and contact marks on mother of pearl knives.  Main blade is missing on the other knife, although there still appears to be a smaller one present.  Hallmarks on all are mainly legible.

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