233-piece King's Pattern Canteen, Sheffield 1955-59 by Cooper Brothers Ltd
We are offering for sale a rare opportunity to purchase an "all singing all dancing" canteen in King's Pattern with every conceivable piece that you might require.
The canteen benefits from having no engravings and is in excellent original condition throughout. It would appear to have rarely been used.
King's Pattern
King's Pattern is the most well known and popular decorative patterns. It was based on an 18th century French design and became fashionable amongst the wealthy in the early years of the 19th Century. The design encompasses a shell to both sides of the handle terminal and reverse of the bowl, scrolls down the handle shaft with a honeysuckle motif to the centre.
The Service
All the pieces in this 8 place settings canteen are in excellent condition with double-struck decoration and a good solid feel in the hand. The pieces have the bonus of being free from engraved initials/crests. All 233 items within this service bear Sheffield hallmarks from the late 1950's with the makers mark for Cooper Brothers Ltd..
The substantial range of pieces within this canteen mean that almost any dish can be catered for. It has everything you need to dine in style.
Components and Measurements
This 233-piece service consists of the following:
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8 soup spoons 8 dessert spoons 8 tea spoons 8 coffee spoons 8 fruit spoons 8 ice cream spoons 8 table forks 8 hors d'oeuvres forks 8 dessert forks 8 seafood/oyster forks 8 cake forks 8 fish forks 8 fish knives 8 butter spreading knives 4 table spoons |
1 soup ladle 1 fish serving slice 1 fish serving fork 1 gravy/basting spoon 4 serving forks 4 hors d'oeuvres serving forks 2 berry spoons, 2 sugar sifter spoons, 2 sugar spoons, 2 jam spoons, 2 pastry servers, 3 small sauce ladles, 1 walnut spoon, 2 cream ladles, 3 large sauce ladles, 1 pickle fork, 1 pair sugar tongs 1 tart server, 2 butter knives |
8 table knives (s/steel blades) 8 steak knives (s/steel blades) 8 hors d'oeuvres knives (s/steel blades 8 dessert knives (s/steel blades) 8 fruit knives (s/steel blades) 8 fruit forks (s/steel tines) 8 tea knives (s/steel blades) 8 tea forks (s/steel tines) 8 side/cheese knives (s/steel blades) 1 cheese knife (s/steel blade) 4 various carving knives (s/steel blades) 2 carving forks (s/steel tines) 1 sharpening steel, (s/steel sharpener) 1 bread knife (s/steel blade) 1 large serving slice (s/steel blade) |
Condition
Excellent. All the fork tines are full length and the spoon bowls are unworn. The items are polished and the service appears to have barely been used.
Presentation
This canteen is presented within it's original cutlery rolls.
As with all the canteens available from our web-site, we are happy to send a sample place setting for approval, on receipt of a fully refundable surety payment, prior to purchasing this canteen.
| Ref.: PP/7247 | Price: £9995 | Postage: FREE |
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| Above from left to right - large soup spoon, fish knife, fish fork,
table knife, steak knife, table fork, dessert knife, dessert fork, dessert
spoon, teaspoon and coffee spoon Below from left to right - bouillon spoon, seafood fork, hors d'oeuvres knife & fork, tea fork & knife, cake/pastry fork, fruit fork, knife & spoon, ice cream spade, butter spreader and cheese knife, |
Above - reverse sides of sample items
Below- close up of terminals showing crisp decoration |
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| Serving items:
above - from left to right - hors d'oeuvres serving fork (1 of 4), 2 seafood serving forks, 2 sugar shovels, sugar sifter spoon, sugar tongs (top), cream ladle, 2 butter knives, walnut spoon, pickle fork, cheese knife right - 12" basting spoon, soup ladle, fish serving knife and fork below - table spoon (1 of 4), large sauce ladle (1 of 3), berry spoon, serving slice, berry spoon, small sauce ladle (1 of 3), 3-pronged serving fork (1 of 4) below right - 7-piece carving set, bread knife |
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