Lot 428
A selection of four silver items to include a pair of Georgian silver scissor action sugar nips,...
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Lot 428
A selection of four silver items to include a mother-of-pearl handled silver pen knife.
Lot 428
Lot Description
A selection of four silver items to include a pair of Georgian silver scissor action sugar nips, with the maker's mark H.P, and lion passant only visible, a mother-of-pearl handled folding silver fruit knife, hallmarked George Unite & Sons, Sheffield 1867, a Danish spoon with a plain bowl and a shell and scroll terminal, stamped with the Danish Standard mark and a silver teaspoon with shell bowl, assay mark obscured, and an American wine funnel stamped 'Sterling'. Gross weighable silver 3.69 ozt (114.8 grams). (5).
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
The lot displays general surface scratches, marks, wear and tarnishing commensurate with age and use. The pen knife is heavily tarnished and the handle slightly discoloured and scratched. The teaspoon has a scratch to the terminal and the detail is worn, as is the assay mark. The sugar nips are very worn, the finger rings slightly misshapen and the marks obscured, maker's and lion passant only legible. The rim of the wine funnel is distorted slightly and there is a patch of wear to one side, the markings are slightly worn and obscured.
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