Maple & Co Ltd Exceptional 347-piece Victorian... Lot 130

Maple & Co Ltd
Exceptional 347-piece Victorian menagère

925-thousandths silver, pearl-row pattern, some pieces in vermeil.
Includes 12 small dessert forks, 24 large table forks, 12 small ice cream scoops, 6 egg spoons, 12 oyster forks, 1 shaker, 12 teaspoons, 12 dessert spoons, 2 butter forks and 2 butter knives, 2 ice cube tongs, 4 serving cutlery holders, 2 jam spoons, 2 mustard spoons, 4 salt shovels, 12 coffee spoons, 4 sauce ladles, 12 table ladles, 8 large serving spoons, 3 large ice cream scoops, 2 sugar tongs, 1 large ladle, 1 stew spoon, 12 fish forks, 12 fruit forks.
Pieces with silver and silver-coated handles: 12 fruit knives, 1 large knife and 1 large fish serving fork.
Filled silver and steel handles: 24 large table knives, 12 small cheese knives, 12 fish knives, 1 pair of grape scissors, 2 nutcrackers, 3 meat carving knives and forks and 1 sharpening steel.

In a complete mahogany case with six drawers and compartments. The lock is marked Secure Notion, British make, Acme.

Total weight of silver pieces: 8.456 g.
Total gross weight: 14.875 g.

Provenance: acquired circa 1900 by Joseph Denoël (1869-1954), naval mechanical engineer; by descent, Tours.