Object Description
A rare Edwardian antique silver and mother of pearl fish and fruit/dessert service for 12 persons.
The service comprises of:
12 fish knives
12 fish forks
12 fruit/dessert knives
12 fruit/dessert forks and a pair of fish servers
The knives, forks and servers are beautifully hand engraved to one side and plain to the other (50 pieces).
The service is fitted in their original Elkington oak box complete with a key (brass plate to top missing).
The box has four trays and the interior is velvet, with the fish servers fitted to the lid.
The service is in excellent condition.
Made in Birmingham in 1906 by Elkington and Co. of Birmingham and retailed at their Newcastle upon Tyne premises (one piece made in 1908 by William Hutton).
Dimensions: length (of fish servers) 29.8 cm and 23 cm, length (of fish knives) 20 cm, length (of fish forks) 17.25 cm, length (of dessert knives) 19.2 cm, length (of dessert forks) 15.8 cm