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Here are 2 nice pieces of vintage butter advertising, a New Zealand Butter 1925 empire exhibition one and an Anchor Butter logo handled one.

An unusual steel multi-function crab opener/crusher/hammer and a 2nd tool with plier end and crusher interior.

Here are 2 longer length cake knives with mother of pearl handles and silver plated blades.

Here are 2 good looking servers - a berry bowl example with a nicely shaped handle and a particularly nice large apostle spoon with exaggerated crimp work to bowl and bright cut finishing to the handle.

Here are 3 large bread knives with steel blades, one has a sterling silver handle fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1900, the other 2 have silver plated handles.

Here are 4 lovely shorted length cake knives with the same ornate handle pattern, 3 blades having bright cut work. Assorted makers.

A collection of 4 Old Sheffield Plate sugar tongs c. 1770-1800

A large canteen of Pinder Bros of Sheffield 'Consort' pattern, designed in 1958. 8 place settings of dinner fork, dinner knife, side fork, side knife, tea knife, fish fork, fish knife, dessert spoon, soup spoon, tea spoon, coffee spoon + 4 tablespoons + 3 piece carving set. Total of 95 pieces.

Here are 6x silver plated small dish covers by Elkington, date marked for manufacture in 1934 and each bearing the Anchor & Anchor-Donaldson Line logo to fronts. They are kind of tea - plate sized.

A good Victorian Old English basting spoon by Joseph Gilbert of Sheffield.

A good looking antique silver plated belt with lion and unicorn panels interspersed with floral panels and a larger drop with florals to one side and a flower lady to the other. Probably Dutch.

A deco period dish frame complete with its original Pyrex glass bowl and lid.

A deco period oval faceted body tea pot with paw style feet, Sheffield made. Capacity c. 1.5 pints.

A set of 6 early c.20th Chinese 'good luck' spoons, handmade and having applied mother of pearl panels set with gold coloured character. In mock-croc case.

An unusual early c.20th 3 piece EPBM set by Atkin Bros with strong Celtic decoration. Pot capacity 1.5 pints.

A good and scarce cake knife in the silver sands pattern by Community (1966). silver plated handle and steel blade.

A set of 6 dessert spoons by Community in their South Seas pattern.

A pair of very small size Old Sheffield Plate chambersticks with detachable wax drip pans and candle snuffers. Tinned undersides.

A nice looking double dish with art nouveau style handles incorporating hearts.

A lovely and early piece of electroplate by Elkington Mason with date mark for 1848. No monograms.

These are really quite incredible little pieces! There are 5 forks and 5 knives, they are unmarked silver plated, and each handle is a semi-precious stone including carved amber (with inclusions), carved amethyst quartz, other quartz, carved rock crystal, agates etc. Forks range in size from 10cm to 10.5cm, knives 11.8-12cm. We assume they were intended for use as date or olive utensils. Probably dating c. 1920, origin middle eastern at a guess.

An interesting assortment of pieces all with sterling silver handles and steel uppers. Includes a 26.7cm pistol grip handled Trotter family branch crested dinner knife (motto 'festina lente') hallmarks rubbed, 25cm meat fork (hallmarks rubbed), 27.8cm bright cut dinner knife (lion passant & duty mark only fairly rubbed), 22cm 4 pronged dinner fork (Sheffield 1828 part rubbed) and a 25.8cm early Victorian dinner knife with rubbed crest, hallmarks rubbed, blade marked Thornhill London.

A larger than normal milk jug in hotelware style made for the military by Elkington in 1961. Capacity 1 pint (500ml).

A fine looking and absolutely gleaming Old Sheffield Plate chamber stick with detachable wax drip pan and snuffer. Underside is also plated but it is definitely OSP as you can see from the underside rim seam.

A good looking pair of vintage candelabra

A nice set of Grecian pattern fruit pudding spoons and larger server, the case bearing a Maltese retailers label to interior.

A lovely set of 6 knives in Hanoverian pattern (to go with rattail) with silver plated handles and steel blades. Made by Bournes of Sheffield.

A gorgeous and rare pair of short length cake knives in Ivy pattern. Made by George Bishop & Sons of Sheffield.

A nice assortment of 9 seafood / buffet forks including a set of 5 Resilco, a very ornate Gorham 'Royal' pattern example from 1887, also a lovely Victorian Dixon one with PODR registration mark for design in 1867.

A larger sized Victorian electroplated bottle coaster with a Greek key style rim and turned wooden base. Made by Silber & Fleming.

A good vintage set of 8 pairs of fish knives & forks in Hanoverian by Mappin & Webb.

A good looking set of 6 pairs of fish eaters with chrome plated uppers and nice marbled orangey yellow handles. They have a good weight in the hand, not light.

A chamberstick by Matthew Boulton c. 1790 bearing 'Soho Patent' marks to the unusual pull out drip pan. Tinned underside with Boulton's twin sunburst marks.

A good looking OSP teapot with tinned interior, original carved wooden handle.

A lovely looking pair of Malaysian origin silver salad servers.

A lovely pair of shorter length cake knives with ornate handle pattern.

A pair of smaller length fish servers in Reed & Ribbon.

An unusual pair of small sized salad servers in carved and translucent cow horn.

A pair of silver plated jugs of c one half of a pint capacity, each with hand engraved chasing.

A lovely fork made to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, with inked in carved design to the mother of pearl handle. Bright cut work to the plating.

A vintage Sanenwood carving knife and fork in original box.

A set of 6 silver plated dessert forks made by Frank Cobb & Co of Sheffield and bearing design registration number equating to 1919.

A set of 5 soup spoons by Smith Seymour of Sheffield in their Kenilworth pattern.

A set of 6 dessert spoons by Smith Seymour of Sheffield in their Kenilworth pattern.

A set of 6 dinner forks by Smith Seymour of Sheffield in their Kenilworth pattern.

A vintage silver plated sugar bowl with hinged lid, the front bearing the coat of arms of South Africa. Possibly made for a South African embassy in the UK. Made by Barker Bros in their Unity Plate range c. 1930.

An antler handled cake knife with silver plated blade c. 1900.

A lovely looking pair of pepperettes with sterling silver gilt lids, one having a vibrant orange enamel and the other a cobalt blue enamel.

This is quite an interesting case - its is made from steel that has been deliberately burnished (fire blackened) and has a sapphire-opal coloured 'stone' set button in what appears to be a gold mount (untested). The interior is engraved 'F.E.ELLIOTT FROM CAPT THOMPSON THE CASTLE DOVER 1900-1906'.

An interesting set comprising of 2 condiment bottles with stoppers, 2 shakers for salt & pepper, a mustard pot with a nice silver plated spoon and unusually a pickle jar. It appears to be a lacquered chrome or similar plating (pewter in colour).

A good vintage boxed set of 6 soup spoons by Viners in their Love Story pattern. These are the original version.

A vintage canteen of Viners Sandringham pattern for 6 settings, the pull out drawer hosting a set of fish eaters and the top layer comprising 6 each of dinner fork, side fork, dinner knife, side knife, large dessert spoon, soup spoon, teaspoon, coffee spoon. Total of 60 pieces. Knives are obviously steel bladed, fish set also has steel uppers and plated handles. Note that there are no tablespoons, nor is there a slot for them.

A set of 6 grapefruit spoons in the Silver Rose pattern by Viners.

A vintage set of 6 teaspoons by Viners in their Silver Rose pattern. Original card box.

A nice small cigar/cheroot cutter with a gently planished (hand-hammered) surface. Simply marked '930S' - probably Norwegian (Marius Hammer in particular used this standard occasionally). The cutting aperture is quite small at 1cm.

A nice and unusual cased set of 6 butter spreaders with acetate faux bone handles and silver plated uppers.

A nice looking platter suitable for a smaller fish.

A nice little castor with a part hobnail body.

A nice cased set of 6 silver plated coffee spoons.

A good looking bottle stopper with a heavy hand painted metal top and chain and loop to fit around the bottle.

A vintage brown bakelite knife sharpener by Rotary in its original card box.

A vintage silver plated tea pot with deco style finial, capacity c. 1.5 pints.

A pair of butter spreaders in a Jugendstil design by WMF, early c.20th.