A George III sterling silver matched suite of flatware for twelve, various London and Edinburgh makers and date 1780s-1810, Old English bead-edge pattern, eighty-nine pieces, comprising twelve each of entree knives and forks, dinner knives and forks, soup spoons, table spoons, and tea spoons, together with four serving spoons and a soup ladle, the terminals engraved with various crests, fitted in a twentieth century walnut case, 2,912g in total (not including the knives with steel blades). Provenance: Martin of Melbourne, 1993