Lot 743 , A late 19th/early 20th century German 800 standard canteen of cutlery by Lazarus Posen, in original oak canteen.
A late 19th/early 20th century German 800 standard canteen of cutlery by Lazarus Posen, with engraved initial, comprising one hundred and eighty six items, (3 items missing), weighable silver 222 oz, in original oak canteen.
Estimate £1,500-2,000
12 each of the following: Table spoons, dessert spoons, fisk knives, fish forks, table forks, dessert forks, silver handles dessert knives, silver handled table knives, pastry knives, pastry forks and sweetmeat forks.
11 coffee spoons, 11 teaspoons, 11 sorbet spoons. A soup ladle, silver handled cheese knife, silver handled butter knife, basting spoon, pair of fish servers, pair of salad servers, 4 various preserve servers, a carving knife and fork, 3 two pronged forks and a pair of serving spoons.
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Sold for £1,800