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Overall with some scuffs and scratches consistent with age, use, and stacking, would benefit from a good cleaning overall, some tablespoons with a few tiny nicks to the bowl rims, and some minor salt stains to the bowl interiors, the dessert spoons with some minor salt stains, all forks with some tines not quite straight and even and some ends of tines slightly worn, most dinner knives with some shallow bruises to the ends of the handles, as mentioned the silver handles mark of C.W. Fletcher and Son Ltd. with James Robinson Inc. stainless steel blades, the fish knives and butter spreaders with silver blades.
Please note the listed weight does not include the fish forks, dinner knives, fish knives, or butter spreaders as they all have hollow handles.
Date letters are as follows: Tablespoons - Fifteen with date letter n for 1968, two with date letter A for 1975 Dessert spoons - Seven with date letter m for 1967, six with date letter n for 1968 Soup spoons - Six with date letter p for 1970 Teaspoons - Nine with date letter m for 1967, six with date letter B for 1976 Ice cream spoons - Sixteen with date letter i for 1969, two with date letter q for 1971 Coffee spoons - Thirteen with date letter I for 1969, three with date letter B for 1976 Dinner forks - Nine with date letter m for 1967, two with date letter n for 1968, one with date letter A for 1975 Luncheon forks - Seven with date letter m for 1967, four with date letter o for 1969, one with date letter A for 1975 Salad forks - Twelve with date letter o for 1969 Oyster forks - Eight with date letter n for 1968, one with date letter o for 1969 Dinner knives - Twelve with date letter n for 1968 Fish knives - Twelve with date letter n for 1968 Butter spreaders - Nine with date letter n for 1968, two with date letter A for 1975
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Lot 88Sale 19989
MARK OF JAMES ROBINSON INC., LONDON, 1967-1976AN ELIZABETH II SILVER FLATWARE SERVICEEstimate: USD 5,000 - 8,000
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