Kinghams Auctioneers
Lot 338
A twentieth-century twelve-place setting canteen of flatware, each piece with Armorial crest and motto, "VIRTUTE QUIES", comprising:twelve hallmarked silver entree forks, and twelve main course forkstwelve hallmarked silver Hanoverian rat-tail pattern soup spoons, twelve dessert spoons, and four tablespoonsA pair of hallmarked silver Hanoverian rat-tail pattern sauce ladlestwelve main course knives, and twelve entree knives, each with steel blades and ivorine handlestwelve fish forks and knives, each with hallmarked silver tines and blades, and ivorine handleseight dessert forks and knives, each with hallmarked silver tines and blades, and mother-of-pearl handlesA five-piece steel carving set with ivorine handlesEnsuite with a wooden fitted canteen, with key and working lock, the hallmarked silver components with sponsor's mark of Harrison Brothers & Howson (George Howson), Sheffield c.1939, dimensions of the canteen, 45 x 36 x 24cm, weight of weighable silver (excluding the hallmarked silver knives and forks with composite handles) 3,237g/104.07ozt approx