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 wear consistent with age, use, and storage, throughout with slight variation in size, shape, and design due to the different makers, as noted with various crests, monograms, and other engravings throughout, the engravings worn to varying degrees, the spoons with some wear to the edges of the bowls, some tablespoons with some minor bends to the edges, the forks with some wear to end tines and tips, some tines not perfectly straight and even, a few tines lightly hooked, the knives all with hollow pistol handles and steel blades, the blades also with variation in size and shape and some variously stamped, with some minor bruises to the handles, a couple of the dessert knives with blades very slightly loose, but secure, the luncheon knives with one blade very slightly loose, but secure, another with the blade slightly loose and separated from the handle, but secure, six dinner knives with very slightly smaller handles and replaced blades, the marks on the knife handles largely rubbed and unreadable, some knives seemingly unmarked, as noted the spoons and forks with various makers, noted below:

Tablespoons:
9 mark of Samuel Hitchcock, London, 1725
3 with illegible marks
3 mark of Esther Forbes, Dublin, 1734
2 maker's mark AR, London, 1713
1 mark of John Scofield, London, 1773
1 mark of John Hopkins, London, 1725
1 maker's mark unidentified, London, 1715

Dessert spoons:
2 with illegible marks
1 mark of John Gorham, London, 1752
1 mark of James Wilkes, London, 1749
1 probably mark of Robert Perth, London, 1750
1 maker's mark RH, London, 1755
1 possibly mark of Marmaduke Daintrey, London, 1742
1 mark of Thomas Devonshire and WIlliam Watkins, London, circa 1758

Teaspoons:
10 mark of Caleb Hill, London, 1729
2 with illegible marks

Dinner forks:
5 with illegible marks
3 maker's mark GJ or GL, London, 1774
2 mark of John Scofield, London, 1779
1 maker's mark SJ, London, circa 1766
1 mark of John Lampfert, London, 1767-1773
1 mark of Robert Ensko, London, modern
1 mark of William Cattell, London, 1779
1 maker's mark M/WC/C
1 mark of Thomas Chawner, London, 1778
1 mark of Samuel Holmes, London, 1746
1 mark of William Turner, London, 1756
1 probably mark John Wrenn I, London, circa 1730

Dessert forks:
6 mark of Isaac Collard, London, 1735
4 with illegible marks
2 mark of Ebenezer Coker, London, 1747
1 maker's mark RH, London, 1756
1 mark of Henry Bailey, London, 1761
1 maker's mark WT, London, 1762
1 maker's mark EO, London, circa 1754
1 maker's mark illegible, London, 1753
1 mark of Thomas Chawner, London, 1774