Set Of Two Sterling Silver Teaspoons By Nathan & Hayes, Birmingham, England

SUITE OF TWO TEASPOONS in sterling silver with a pierced decoration of braces, rockeries, friezes of pearls, amatis, flowers and flowers, the central part decorated with a bird in the branches. The handles are decorated with mascarons on a background of foliage, acanthus and cut leather.

Master silversmith: George NATHAN & Ridley HAYES, Birmingham, 1889-1915.

Dimensions
•L. 15.2 - D.6.8 cm.
•L.21.4 - D.8.8 cm.

Net weight: 50 and 83 g, i.e. a total weight of 133 g.

Condition report
Very good condition for this rare suits of two spoons of two different sizes.


MUSEUMS

• VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDRES, Bottle ticket, silver, Birmingham, 1898-1899.
• VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDRES, Dish, silver, Birmingham, 1907-1908.
• BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDRES, Cup, silver, Birmingham, 1908-1909.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

• BANISTER Judith, The Silversmiths of Birmingham and their marks 1750-1980, London, 1981.
• CULME John, The Directory of Gold and Silversmith 1838-1914, Woodbridge, 1987.