FLATWARE SERVICE - SUBSTANTIAL FLATWARE SERVICE COMPRISING MULTIPLE PIECES OF AND SILVER-PLATED CUTLERY, IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO THE ARMY CATERING CORPS BASED ON ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION IN ORIGINAL STORAGE CASE.

COMPOSITION AND IDENTIFICATION:
THE SERVICE INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 30+ INDIVIDUAL PIECES COMPRISING:
- SIX LARGE SERVING SPOONS WITH ORNATE HANDLES
- MULTIPLE DINNER FORKS WITH DECORATIVE TERMINALS
- NUMEROUS TEASPOONS AND DESSERT SPOONS IN VARYING SIZES
- SERVING UTENSILS WITH EMBOSSED AND CHASED DECORATION
- SPECIALISED PIECES INCLUDING SAUCE LADLES AND SERVING IMPLEMENTS

MAKER AND MARKS:
- PRIMARY MARKING: SILVER PLATED ITALY STAMPED TO MULTIPLE HANDLES
- SECONDARY MARKING: DONNS STAIN RESISTING VISIBLE ON SELECT PIECES, INDICATING STAINLESS STEEL RESISTANT HANDLES
- ADDITIONAL MAKER MARKS PRESENT ON INDIVIDUAL PIECES, SOME PARTIALLY LEGIBLE
- PIECES SHOW EVIDENCE OF ITALIAN MANUFACTURE, CONSISTENT WITH POST-WAR MILITARY SUPPLY CONTRACTS

CONSTRUCTION AND DETAIL:
THE FLATWARE DISPLAYS CHARACTERISTIC MID-20TH CENTURY MILITARY CATERING DESIGN WITH:
- ROBUST HANDLE CONSTRUCTION SUITABLE FOR INSTITUTIONAL USE
- ORNATE TERMINALS FEATURING SHELL AND FOLIATE MOTIFS ON LARGER SERVING PIECES
- BRIGHT-CUT AND EMBOSSED DECORATION ON SELECT HANDLES
- SUBSTANTIAL BOWL PROPORTIONS ON SERVING SPOONS, DESIGNED FOR VOLUME SERVICE
- CONSISTENT GAUGE AND WEIGHT ACROSS MATCHING PIECES

CONDITION:
THE SERVICE SHOWS HONEST WEAR CONSISTENT WITH INSTITUTIONAL USE AND STORAGE. SURFACE OXIDATION AND NATURAL PATINA ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT, REFLECTING THE AGE OF THE PIECES AND THEIR STORAGE HISTORY. NO SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, BENDS, OR SPLITS ARE EVIDENT.

Item Size: Height: 30cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 7Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

656445+9

Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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