Lot 59
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY GERMAN LARGE CANTEEN OF KING'S PATTERN FLATWARE & CUTLERY IN AN OAK CABINET WITH TWO DOORS AND SIX DRAWERS TO INCLUDE:-
Twenty Four table spoons, forty eight table forks,
twenty four dessert spoons, twenty four dessert forks,
twenty four tea spoons, one soup ladle,
twelve fish knives, twelve fish forks,
a fish serving knife & fork,
forty seven table knives (with steel blades),
fifteen dessert/fruit knives, three sauce ladles,
one sugar sifter ladle, eight large serving spoons,
eight large two-prong serving forks,
and dessert serving slice with a gilt blade,
each piece engraved with the armorial and coronet of the Strozzi family,
by M.H. Wilkens & Sohn of Hemelingen, with Italian retailer's mark of "JANETTI" (and French duty marks); the cabinet 22.5" (57 cms) long; 475.45 oz weighable silver