A GROUP OF SILVER DINING WARE ITEMS, VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS

A GROUP OF SILVER DINING WARE ITEMSVARIOUS DATES AND MAKERSComprising: an oblong baluster sugar basin by Pairpoint Brothers, London 1912, in Regency style, 16cm (6 1/4in) across handles; a matched pair of four division oval toast racks, by Mappin & Webb, and maker's mark hh (not traced), both Sheffield 1966, 10.5cm (4 1/4in) long, 536g (17.25 oz) weighable; an early George III toddy ladle, maker's mark illegible, London 1767, with a part twisted baleen handle, 34.5cm (13 1/2in) long; a William IV fiddle pattern sugar tongs by Mary Chawner, London 1835; a four division toast rack by Sussex Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London 1898; three gilt naturalistic salt spoons, unmarked, with shell shaped bowls and coral handles, engraved with a crest, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) long (10); a French sugar tongs by Maison Cardeilhac, with vine leaf nips, 12.5cm (5i n) long; and a set of four Spanish shell shaped salt cellars, post 1934 .915 standard (qty)Provenance: Possibly owned by Sir Osbert SitwellThence by descent at Weston Hall.