12-Piece Hanoverian Sterling Silver Canteen with Knives
A place setting for twelve sterling silver Hanoverian pattern canteen by copper Brothers Sheffield circa 1920s with newer excellent condition knives by Terry Shaverin, dessert & dinner spoon, 12 x lunch & dinner knives. 12 x dinner & lunch knives, 2795g (ex knives)
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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.
- 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.
- Canteen - A small cabinet, table or a box with drawers or lift out trays, for storing a set of cutlery.
- 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:
- silver cutlery / flatware, patterns
- silver cutlery / flatware, settings - canteens / boxes 646
