Three Sets of Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Spoons Collection
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Three cased sets of sterling silver tea & coffee spoons, comprising, a set of 6 George VI sterling silver seal top coffee spoons, a set of 5 sterling silver coffee spoons with another odd spoon, and a set of 10 sterling silver teaspoons and tongs, approx 273 grams
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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.
- Marrow Spoon - A spoon with a long handle and a narrow scoop shaped bowl, used to scoop and eat marrow from the hollow centre of roasted bones. Some marrow scoops are double ended with a different shaped bowl at each end.
- George Vi - George VI (1895 ? 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 1936 until his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth. he was the father of Queen Elizabeth II.
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