A canteen of silver Hanoverian Rat Tail pattern flatware
By Elkington and Co., Birmingham, 1926-29,
for twelve place settings, comprising table forks, dessert forks, soup spoons, dessert spoons, six egg spoons, a soup ladle, a sauce ladle, a similar electroplated sauce ladle, a sugar sifter, three mustard spoons, a pair of asparagus tongs, a pair of butter knives, an oyster fork, and a pair of knife rests, weight 137oz, twelve pairs of ivory handled fish knives and forks, a pair of ivory handled fish servers, twelve pairs of mother of pearl handled dessert knives and forks, twelve ivory handled table knives and twelve matching dessert knives with stainless steel blades, and a five piece carving set, contained in a two drawer mahogany canteen table with moulded edge, the four cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet, width 95cm.
