Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Flatware Services


A Collection of Flatware Services and Vintage Cases including James Dixon and Sons - This collection comprises several sets of flatware and multiple vintage cases. It includes a James Dixon and Sons fish service for six, featuring stainless steel blades and tines with bright orange composite handles. The blades are marked James Dixon and Sons Ltd Sheffield Stainless. This set is housed in its original two-part patterned cardboard presentation box. There is an engraved fish service for six with plated blades and tines, scrolling engraved decoration, and cream-coloured composite handles, housed in a fitted case with a faux-snakeskin paper exterior and stained silk and velvet lining. A stained oak canteen contains a quantity of loose, mixed flatware including various stainless and plated spoons and forks, some bearing a W monogram, along with a pair of steel nutcrackers; makers represented include James Dixon and Sons Ltd. The collection also features a large, grey canvas-covered hard-shell vanity travel case with a red and white oval label for M.V.F. containing a glass tray and a cut-glass jar, and a large black textured-finish case with the gilt-stamped mark Echt Silber on the grey felt interior, compartmentalised for a comprehensive flatware service.