Garrard & Co. Sterling Silver Tableware Service for Twelve, "Elizabethan" Pattern, with Garrard & Co. Custom Made Mahogany Silver Chest of Drawers, London, dated 1963/68
Total of 156 pieces of "Elizabethan" pattern, richly adorned with carved in relief, steepled geometric, acanthus leaf and bell flower motif; illustrated on the front cover of "Silver Flatware: English, Irish, and Scottish, 1660-1980" by Ian Pickford. Including 12 of each: bolster diner knife with steel blade, 9 ¾"L; bolster luncheon knife with steel blade, 8 ⅞"L; dinner fork, 8 ⅜"L; luncheon fork, 7 ⅛"L; salad fork, 6 ⅞"L; individual butter spreader with sterling blade, 6 ¼"L; place soup spoon, 6 ⅞"L; cream soup spoon, 6 ¾"L; citrus/melon spoon, 6"L; sherbet/chocolate spoon, 5 ¼"L; tea spoon, 5 ¾"L; 5 o'clock tea spoon, 5 ¼"L; and 5 o'clock dessert spoon, 5 ¼"L. Each piece properly marked with Garrard & Co. hallmark, lion passant, leopard head, and dates letters for 1963/68, blades marked with "Garrard & Co. Ltd., 112, Regent St., London, England/ Rustless." Offered in custom made mahogany three-drawer chest on four spear head tapered legs; nesting compartments with individual slots lined with green felt inside. Chest marked with insert plaque "Garrard & Co. Ltd., 112, Regent St., London, England, W.1" on the upper drawer. Total weight of sterling, without 24 pieces with rustless blades, 206.61 toz.
Provenance: private collection of distinguished Pittsburgh family, by descent to current owner; acquired directly from Garrard & Co, London in 1969.
Garrard & Co., London retailer, has been supplying high quality luxury goods for the best part of the last 300 years. They have held the Royal Warrant for most of this time and continue to be "by appointment" to the British Royal family. Ian Pickford, authority on silver. "Silver Flatware: English, Irish, and Scottish, 1660-1980," Antique Collectors' Club, 1980 (and further reprints 1983, 1993), 231 pg.
Condition: Some tarnish and polish residues, light wear; chest has few minor losses, scratches with later touch-ups, lacking a few labels inside the chest; wear commensurate with age and use. One original keys.
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Total of 156 pieces of "Elizabethan" pattern, richly adorned with carved in relief, steepled geometric, acanthus leaf and bell flower motif; illustrated on the front cover of "Silver Flatware: English, Irish, and Scottish, 1660-1980" by Ian Pickford. Including 12 of each: bolster diner knife with steel blade, 9 ¾"L; bolster luncheon knife with steel blade, 8 ⅞"L; dinner fork, 8 ⅜"L; luncheon fork, 7 ⅛"L; salad fork, 6 ⅞"L; individual butter spreader with sterling blade, 6 ¼"L; place soup spoon, 6 ⅞"L; cream soup spoon, 6 ¾"L; citrus/melon spoon, 6"L; sherbet/chocolate spoon, 5 ¼"L; tea spoon, 5 ¾"L; 5 o'clock tea spoon, 5 ¼"L; and 5 o'clock dessert spoon, 5 ¼"L. Each piece properly marked with Garrard & Co. hallmark, lion passant, leopard head, and dates letters for 1963/68, blades marked with "Garrard & Co. Ltd., 112, Regent St., London, England/ Rustless." Offered in custom made mahogany three-drawer chest on four spear head tapered legs; nesting compartments with individual slots lined with green felt inside. Chest marked with insert plaque "Garrard & Co. Ltd., 112, Regent St., London, England, W.1" on the upper drawer. Total weight of sterling, without 24 pieces with rustless blades, 206.61 toz.
Provenance: private collection of distinguished Pittsburgh family, by descent to current owner; acquired directly from Garrard & Co, London in 1969.
Garrard & Co., London retailer, has been supplying high quality luxury goods for the best part of the last 300 years. They have held the Royal Warrant for most of this time and continue to be "by appointment" to the British Royal family. Ian Pickford, authority on silver. "Silver Flatware: English, Irish, and Scottish, 1660-1980," Antique Collectors' Club, 1980 (and further reprints 1983, 1993), 231 pg.
Condition: Some tarnish and polish residues, light wear; chest has few minor losses, scratches with later touch-ups, lacking a few labels inside the chest; wear commensurate with age and use. One original keys.
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