circa 1960's - 70's teak cased four drawer canteen of silver plate cutlery dog nose pattern comprising, ten dessert forks, six piece carving set, butter knife, pickle fork, four salt spoons, four mustard spoons, twelve bone handled dessert knives, twelve table knives, twelve egg spoons, twelve fish forks, twelve fish knives, twelve tea spoons and tongs, twelve fruit knives and forks, six lobster picks, six knife rests, two nut crackers, eleven coffee spoons, six vegetable forks, six vegetable spoons, fish fork and slice, twelve table forks, six table spoons, eleven soup spoons, twelve dessert spoons, two sauce ladles, gravy spoon soup ladle and two serving spoons.
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.
- 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.
- 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.
This item has been included into following indexes: