A pair of late Victorian silver fruit serving spoons
A pair of late Victorian silver fruit serving spoons, each silver-gilt bowl with bright-cut foliate decoration and engraved bird, leading to a spiral twist stem with further bright-cut decoration to the crested terminal, hallmarked London 1890, maker's mark rubbed and worn but possibly James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler, length measuring 7 7/8 inches (20 cm). Together with provincial silver soup ladle, of Fiddle pattern with initialled terminal, hallmarked Josiah Williams & Co (James & Josiah Williams), Exeter 1874 and a pair of late Victorian silver sugar tongs. Gross weight 5.2 ozt (162.6 grams).
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A pair of late Victorian silver fruit serving spoons, each silver-gilt bowl with bright-cut foliate decoration and engraved bird, leading to a spiral twist stem with further bright-cut decoration to the crested terminal, hallmarked London 1890, maker's mark rubbed and worn but possibly James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler, length measuring 7 7/8 inches (20 cm). Together with provincial silver soup ladle, of Fiddle pattern with initialled terminal, hallmarked Josiah Williams & Co (James & Josiah Williams), Exeter 1874 and a pair of late Victorian silver sugar tongs. Gross weight 5.2 ozt (162.6 grams).