Condiment Set Silver Cruet In Antique Victorian Silver Boxed 7 Piece & 5 Spoon (11 items) Cruet Set. It consists of 4 circular salts, 1 lidded circular mustard pot, 2 cylindrical peppers, 4 salt spoons and 1 mustard spoon. The circular salts are very decorative with an embossed swirl pattern to the base of the bodies and then towards the top a raised gadrooned pattern and have overhanging fluted wavy rims. They originally had gilt linings to the interiors, but this has now faded leaving just a slight golden glow. The hinged mustard has the same decoration as the salts, with the lid also having an embossed swirl pattern to the slightly domed centre and a tall finial. It has a plain handle and comes with its blue glass liner. The cylindrical peppers again have the same pattern to the other pieces with twist off lids which have the swirl pattern to them and tall finials. They have raised circular bases. It is made from a good guage of silver and has clear hallmarks. All the spoons have gilt bowls with the Old English pattern to the back of the handles. This beautiful set comes complete in its original shaped box which has a lovely deep blue velour material to the inside where the cruet sits. All the pieces have the same hallmarks except for the mustard, but is in exactly the same pattern as the rest of the pieces
Assay Office: CHESTER the mustard BIRMINGHAM
Date: All 1901/02, the mustard 1894/95
Makers Marks: All pieces including the mustard VB & S (Vale Brothers & Sermon)
Dimensions: The Salts just over 1 inch tall and the top diameter just under 2 inches. The Peppers just over 3.5 inches tall to the top of the finial, 1 inch in diameter. The Mustard 2.5 inches tall to the top of the finial, the top diameter 2 inches and it is 2.75 inches wide including the handle. The salt spoons 2.5 inches long in total and the mustard spoon just over 2.75 inches long in total. The total weight of silver (excluding the mustard pot’s blue glass liner) is 227g
Condition: Each item is in very good condition (apart from the fading of the gilt interiors to the salts). The box is in lovely condition inside, except that the little elastic spoon holders are a little bit loose and are stretched. The outside just has very slight wear to the outer covering to the base rim, but this is extremely minor
Remarks: This really is a super antique solid silver Victorian 7 piece and 5 spoon boxed cruet set that would look impressive on any table. Keep it in the family and pass down through future generations where it will appreciate in value. If you could bear to part with it, then it would make a beautiful Silver Wedding present for that special couple. It is also a little bit more special having the less common Chester hallmark
Antique and vintage silver by its very nature has been previously used. Silver is a comparatively soft metal and a combination of many years use invariably leaves its mark. I do endeavour to describe all items accurately but do not expect any antique to be in “as new condition”.
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Stock No. 4804
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Condiment Set Silver Cruet In Antique Victorian Silver For Sale