An early 20th century cased canteen of cutlery by Lee & Wigf...

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£60 - £100

An early 20th century cased canteen of cutlery by Lee & Wigfull, comprising twelve knives and twelve forks, with mother of pearl handles and embossed collars, the blades and tines with engraved foliate decoration, knives, 20.4cm long, forks 17.1cm long, together with a further Victorian cased set of cutlery by William Batt & Sons, comprising six fish knives and six forks, each with plain polished ivory handles, reeded collars and engraved detail to blades and tines, knives 22.5cm long, forks 19cm long (36)

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Lee & Wigfull - Two knives show flaked losses to the base of the handles. Five further knives and six forks show what appear to be natural faults in the handles. All blades and tines show fine surface wear and surface scratching.

William Batt - The ivory handles show various degrees of staining to the handles. All blades and tines show fine surface wear and surface scratching.

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