Victorian Silver Gilt Dessert Set and Parfait Spoons
An impressive Garrard & Co. Victorian silver gilt dessert service in a bacchanalian design; 36 parfait spoons by Francis Higgins, London 1874; 8 serving spoons, Henry Holland, London 1867; pair of fruit salad servers, Francis Higgins, London 1867/69; grape shears, Henry Holland 1869(?); ice tongs, Francis Higgins, London 1874; cream ladle and sifter spoon, Henry John Lias, London 1872. (50)
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- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 – 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910. - 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.
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