Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of 20th Century


An Assortment of 20th Century Silver-Plated Tea Service Items, Flatware, and Decorative Curios - An extensive collection of varied early to mid-20th-century silver-plated and metalware items. The lot features a matched four-piece silver-plated tea and coffee service consisting of a coffee or hot water pot, a squat teapot, a milk jug, and an open sugar bowl, all with rounded, tapered forms and ebonised handles and finials. Also included is a set of six plain circular silver-plated napkin rings and a small silver-plated mug with engraved foliate decoration and a handle surmounted by a cast bird figure. The flatware selection comprises dinner knives with silver-plated handles in the Old English Thread pattern and stainless steel blades, as well as various spoons in Old English and Fiddle patterns, a small ladle, and a pierced tea strainer. Miscellaneous items include a white metal folding multitool with a corkscrew and perforated sleeve, a novelty metal shoe ornament with purple fabric laces, a circular copper medallion featuring a classical male profile, a small hammered copper lid, and a folding pocket knife with green composite scales.