A complete Austro-Hungarian canteen, 800 silver, ribbon border pattern, most pieces initialled Ks, circa 1867-1872, assay marks Vienna, all set in a Henger Antal Budapest wooden box. The set is comprising of 12 knife rests, a pair of sugar tongs, 12 coffee spoons, a tea strainer, a soup ladle, a sauce ladle, three various spoons, 12 table spoons, 12 table forks and dessert forks, 12 tea spoons, 12 compote spoons, a cake knife, 2 large serving forks, 2 small serving forks, a pair of salad servers, a butter knife, a pate knife, a fish fork and fish knife, a sugar sifter, a cream ladle, 12 fruit knives, 12 table knives, 12 dessert knives. Total weight 6,273g. Cased.
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- Canteen - A small cabinet, table or a box with drawers or lift out trays, for storing a set of cutlery.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Assay / Assayed - Assaying is the testing of a metal, most commonly silver and gold to determine its ingredients and quality. In Britain, once an item of silver or gold has been assayed, a mark is stamped on it, certifying its purity. Known as hallmark, it derives its name from the Guild Hall of the Goldsmiths' Company, who recieved its Charter in 1327 giving it the power to assay and mark articles of gold and silver.
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