Description
Sterling Silver Cutlery Set
A super Victorian sterling silver cutlery set consisting of aspic jelly cutter/server and 12 spoons by Whiting Manufaturing Co of The United States of America and retailed by T Steele.
All complete and all in very nice order with each bowl having a gilt finish to both sides.
Marked sterling on all pieces as well as the makers name and a PAT number of 1871 on small spoons but marked PAt applied for on server/cutter.
Server/Cutter measures 218mm in length and the smaller spoons measure 131mm in length.
A super clean set ready to use.
| DATE | c.1870 |
| MAKER or SPONSOR MARK | Whiting Manufacturing Co |
| ASSAY OFFICE | Hartford |
| WEIGHT (Grammes) | 199 |
| WEIGHT (Troy) | 6.40 |
| REF:- | 84D |
In Western culture, cutlery generally includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving and especially eating food. A person who makes or sells cutlery is called a cutler. The city of Sheffield in England has been famous for producing cutlery since the 17th century. However, other countries, such as the USA, have their own cutlery manufacturing traditions. Cutlery is more commonly called silverware or flatware in the USA, where cutlery generally only refers to knives and related cutting instruments. In contrast, the major items of cutlery in other Western cultures are the knife, fork and spoon.
