John Gammage Sterling Fork & Knife Fish Servers

John Gammage Sterling Fork & Knife Fish Servers: 19th century hallmarked sterling hollow handles and electroplated fork and knife fish servers by Birmingham silversmith John Gammage. Total weight: 289 g (9.29 troy oz).

Dimensions are: knife - 12 3/4 inches long X 1 7/8 inches wide, fork - 9 3/8 inches long X 2 1/8 inches wide. All measurements are approximate.

Condition: Fork and knife are free of breaks, splits, or repairs. Overall patina to both. Scattered dings to handles.

Provenance: These items are part of the Slade family holdings of paintings, sterling silver and Chinese porcelain (see Oakridge Auction Gallery's March 14th auction, lots. 149 to lot. 155, which was a Chinese blanc de chine Dehua figurine of a robed Bodhidharma or Damo which sold for $416,000USD). The collection was assembled by several members of the family and then by descent to the present owner. The collection was begun by Henry Adolphus Warre Slade (1869 - 1936). He was a British businessman, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1908/09) and the Director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation between 1900 and 1902. The collection was added to by his sons, Royal Navy Commander Gerald Gordon Slade, who fought in both World Wars, and his brother Maurice Gordon Slade, pictured with his mother Beatrice Slade (photo not included). The Slade family hold peerage and are noted in Charles Mosley’s. “Burke's Peerage”.