拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Overall with some minor scuffs and scratches consistent with age, use, and storage, throughout marked with maker's mark and either the Minerva Head for 1973-1982, or the Mercury head for export used 1879-1973, the spoons all with minor wear to the edges of the bowls, 6 tablespoons and 1 dessert spoons with Minerva Head, 12 tablespoons and 9 dessert spoons with Mercury Head, the forks with some minor wear to end tines and tips, 8 dinner forks and 13 fish forks with Minerva Head, 24 dinner forks and 9 fish forks with Mercury Head, the dinner and luncheon knives all with hollow handles and stainless steel blades, the dinner knives with five with some slight separation between blade and handle, but secure, with one blade out of alignment, and with two largely separated and out of alignment, 5 with Minerva Head, 12 with Mercury Head, the luncheon knives with a few blades slightly loose, but secure, 8 with Minerva Head, 1 with Mercury Head, the fish knives with some minor bends to the blades, the 11 with more curved blades with Minerva Head, the 6 with more angled blades with Mercury Head, the Servers with some minor wear to the edges of the bowls, end tines, and tips, one serving spoon, the vegetable spoon, and the sauce ladle with Minerva Head, the other serving spoon and serving fork with Mercury Head. All in an associated fitted case with zipper cover, with some minor wear as to be expected, lacking space for the fish forks and knives as well as seven luncheon knives, which are kept in separate wraps.

3¹⁄₂ in. (9 cm.) high, 23¹⁄₂ in. (59.6 cm.) wide, 13¹⁄₂ in. (34.3 cm.) deep, the case