George III silver-gilt Dessert servers with the Royal Crest.

A George III silver-gilt pair of Ice Cream Spades, together with a pair of Sugar sifting Spoons and three small serving Ladles, London 1822, by Eley and Fearn. Each piece is engraved with the Royal crest and garter and the group will have formed part of an Ambassadorial Dessert Service. Condition: \n

Good overall with some surface wear and some marking to the gilding. The gilding appears to have been applied in the 'French' manner in two layers - the bottom layer quite red in colour and the upper layer more yellow. Areas of the wear reveal the two distinct colours of gilding.

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The Spades: - length 25 cm; width - 6.5 cm.; weight  - 364.6gms.; the Sugar sifting spoons -  length 16.5 cm.; width - 4.8 cm.;  weight - 137.1 gms; the ladles are the same dimensions as the sifters and weigh - 222.7 gms.

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