19th Century Sterling Silver Flatware Set (84 Pieces)
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An assembled sterling silver flatware service, various makers and dates, mostly 19th century, the knives later, fiddle pattern excepting the knives with pistol handles, eighty four pieces comprising twelve each of smaller knives and forks, larger knives and forks, table spoons, dessert spoons, and tea spoons, 2829g (excluding the steel bladed knives). Provenance: The Estate of the late Hylton Grimmer
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- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
- Flatware - An alternative name for items of cutlery, principally knives, forks and spoons, now generally used to describe sets of these implements. Nowadays it is mostly used when describing cutlery made of silver and silver plate.
It is less frequently used to describe all "flat' items of tableware, so that as well as cutlery the definition includes plates.
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