Stunning Edwardian Cased Pair of Pierced Sterling Silver Serving Spoons

A gorgeous pair of Edwardian silver serving spoons, of art nouveau style with unusual and ornately shaped and pierced gilded bowls. Stunning cast decoration to the handles with flared, fluted details and finished with a bead at the end. The reverse of the handles cleverly has the complementing design and the heel of the bowl is beautifully cast with the same variation as on the front of the handles, finished with two graduated beads.

They come in their original fitted case which is superb in its own right, lined with crimson velvet and cranberry pink silk with a pleated edge around the edge. The case is serpentine shaped, in black leather with a finely embossed and gilded pattern running all the way around the inside edges of both sides and finished with a tooled gilt band to the edge of the outer upper cover.

Hallmarked for London 1902, maker Robert Stebbings.

The spoons measure 21.3cm (8 3/8") long and 5.1cm (2") wide and weigh 134g / 4.3ozt. The case measures 26.4cm (10 3/8") long. They are a nice size with quite deep bowls so perfect for serving desserts, fruit, etc.

In superb condition with no discernible signs of use (they were a wedding gift it would seem as they were acquired with a card inside from the original gift giver, suggesting they have seen minimal, if any, actual use). The case has some very minor scuffs outside but is also immaculate inside as can been seen. There is just some slight wear to the silk where the spoon bowls have sat pressed against it over time.

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