Stock No. 9126

Victorian silver Military Fiddle and Thread table service

		Very attractive and unusual Victorian sterling silver Military Fiddle and Thread 60 piece table service. All by George Adams. London 1847 - 1873. A very careful job has been done of erasing the original initials or crests from each piece. Maker :- George Adams

The set comprises:
12 tablespoons	2 - London 1846; 2 - London 1853; 4 - London 1854; 2 - London 1860; 2 - London 1873
12 tableforks	5 - London 1847; 6 - London 1852; 1 - London 1858
12 dessert spoons	8 - London 1858; 4 - 1864
12 dessert forks	3 - London 1847; 5 - London 1852; 2 - London 1853; 2 - London 1862)
12 teaspoons	All London 1854

Condition :-Excellent condition with good hallmarks and a very crisp feel to the set all round
Hallmarked :- London 1873
Size :- Length of tablefork 8.2 inches (20.8 cm)
Weight :- 124 ozt (3856 g) in total
George Adams was linked to the Chawner dynasty by marriage to Mary Chawner in 1838. The Chawners could trace their pedigree as silversmiths through apprenticeship to that excellent spoonmaker, Ebenezer Coker, in the eighteenth century. From 1840 to 1883, George Adams was the proprietor of Chawner and Co., which was the most important firm of silver spoon and fork manufacturers in London, rivalled only by Francis Higgins. They made a large variety of patterns and also developed their own, more elaborate, designs. The Chawner & Co. silver was always of top quality. Military Fiddle Thread is a rare variant of the Fiddle and Thread pattern. The difference is that the Military pattern has scrolls instead of shoulders. The scrolls make this a very attractive table service indeed. However, the difference is quite unobtrusive and this table service will mix very happily with other standard Fiddle and Thread pieces, such as serving pieces, for example.

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