English Onslow pattern, comprising:
Thirty-seven dessert spoons
Twenty-nine soup spoons
Twelve iced tea spoons
Nineteen teaspoons
Six citrus spoons
Thirty-eight coffee spoons
Thirty-five dinner forks
Sixty-eight luncheon forks
Thirty-six salad forks
Six oyster forks
Ten dinner knives
Thirty-six luncheon knives
Twenty-three butter spreaders
Fourteen serving spoons
Fourteen serving forks
A sauce ladle
Four cake servers
Three sugar spoons with shell-form bowls;
Together with
A George II silver sauce ladle with shell-form bowl, mark of William Turner, London, 1757
A silver-plated soup spoon, mark of Roberts & Belk, Sheffield, second half 20th century
525 oz. 16 dwt. (16,352 gr.) weighable silver

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The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.

Overall with some minor wear and tiny scratches consistent with age, use, and storage, the spoons with some very minor wear to the edges, one dessert spoon with the handle bent, the forks with some minor wear to the end tines and tips, some tines not perfectly straight and even, one dinner fork with four tines, three luncheon forks shorter than the rest, a few salad fork tines hooked or slightly sharp, the dinner and luncheon knives with hollow handles and stainless steel blades, the butter spreaders with hollow handles and silver blades, generally good condition.

Please see below for details of marks throughout:
Dessert spoons - 33 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1974 (1), 1980 (1), and 1981 (31); 4 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1964 (including damaged spoon)
Soup spoons - 25 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1974 (3), 1975 (3), 1976 (2), 1979 (1), and 1984 (16); 4 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1963
Iced tea spoons - All mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1981
Teaspoons - 18 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1979 (1), and 1981 (17); 1 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1964
Citrus spoons - All mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1983
Coffee spoons - 29 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1981; 9 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1964
Dinner forks - 28 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1975 (5), 1977 (5), and 1981 (18); 4 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1995 (2), 1997 (1), and 2001 (1, with four tines); 3 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1963
Luncheon forks - 56 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1974 (35), 1975 (2) 1976 (9), and 1981 (10); 3 shorter than the rest mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1995 (1) and 1996 (2); 9 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1956 (1), 1957 (1), 1959 (1), and 1963 (6)
Salad forks - 31 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1975 (1) and 1981 (30); 5 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1995 (1), 1996 (1), 1997 (1), and 2000 (2)
Oyster forks - All mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1964
Butter spreaders - All mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1981 (8) and 1984 (15)
Serving spoons - All mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1975 (1) and 1981 (13)
Serving forks - 13 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1974 (1), 1978 (1), 1979 (3), 1980 (4), and 1981 (4); 1 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1964
Sauce ladle - Mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1963
Sugar spoons - 1 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., London, 1979; 2 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1963

Most mark of C.J. Vander Ltd. further stamped GEORGIAN HOUSE STERLING ENGLAND, and most mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc. further stamped WORCESTER SILVER HOUSE ENGLAND.

Dinner knives - 9 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1976 (5), 1978 (1), 1981 (2), and 1982 (1); 1 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1957
Luncheon knives - 31 mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1972 (1) 1975 (7), 1976 (4), 1977 (5), 1980 (8), 1982 (4), and 1991 (1), one with lion passant and Sheffield rose only; 5 mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc., London, 1963
Cake servers - All mark of C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield, 1981

The stainless steel blades on the knives mark of C.J. Vand Ltd. further marked GEORGIAN HOUSE MADE IN ENGLAND, the stainless steel blades on the knives mark of Worcester Silver Co. Inc. further marked WORCESTER STAINLESS ENGLAND

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