A SILVER RAT-TAIL PATTERN TABLE SERVICE IN A FITTED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CANTEEN

A SILVER RAT-TAIL PATTERN TABLE SERVICE IN A FITTED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CANTEEN
PRINCIPALLY MARK OF JAMES DEAKIN & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1933
With three fitted baize-lined drawers, comprising: 12 each of table knives, dessert knives, table forks, dessert forks, teaspoons, tea knives, table spoons, soup spoons, dessert spoons, 12 pairs of fruit knives and forks, 12 pairs of fish knives and forks, a pair of fish servers, a set of five carvers, 2 serving spoons, 2 sauce ladles and a soup ladle, all items crested except 2 soup spoons; the knives, carvers, fish servers and fruit forks with ivorine handles, the dessert knives, table knives, tea knives and carvers with stainless steel blades, the fitted canteen on ball and claw feet
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high; 32¼ in. (82 cm.) wide
Weighable silver: 185 oz. (5828 gm.) (168)