Vintage Carving sets, Ladles and Serving Pieces

Here are 2 matching pairs of nutcrackers, silver plated on steel.

Here are 3 lovely serving pieces, the largest by James Deakin & Sons of Sheffield.

Here are 3 early c.20th green bean servers in different patterns namely Old English, Queen Anne and Gadroon. The OE one is marginally longer than the other 2.

3 lovely Victorian silver plated servers with ornate handle patterns.

A nice assortment of sauce ladles in Rattail, assorted makers including Roberts & Belk, Maple & Co of London etc. Shortest measures 15.5cm and the longest 18.5cm.

An interesting couple of pieces with lovely silver handles just marked with a '12' for 12 Loth standard, probably Polish mid c.19th. Steel uppers. The fork is quite long.

2 lovely pieces in the same pattern.

A wider pronged than usual push action pickle grabber, ideal for e.g. gherkins. Bears a registered design number for 1910.

A good vintage long basting spoon by Asprey in Chippendale pattern.

A good vintage long basting spoon by Asprey in Chippendale pattern.

A good looking ladle that appears to have been made c. 1907 from the markings, unidentified maker but French in style. Stylised Louis XVI design.

A really good looking serving spoon, probably intended for fruit, with a lovely pierced gilt washed bowl fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1885, maker Walker & Hall (John Edward Bingham) and having an intricately carved handle, the rear of which has a carved monogram 'LPB'.

A job lot of lobster & nutcrackers mainly silver plated on steel some plain steel etc.

A lovely and very heavy large soup ladle by Couverts Dixi of Paris.

A double ended marrow scoop by Wm Hutton & Sons of Sheffield.

A good double ended marrow scoop by Walker & Hall, made in 1931.

A shorter length fiddle pattern soup ladle by Deykin & Harrison of Birmingham, late Victorian.

A good looking serving fork c. 1910 with reed and shield panel to handle.

A good looking trio of 2 sauce ladles and matching soup ladle by Gladwin with very angular handles. They bear a design registration number for 1937. Made by Gladwin of Sheffield.

A gleaming soup lade in fiddle pattern made by Joseph Gilbert of Sheffield in their 'Argentina Silver' range (a nickel silver alloy). Monogrammed with a single initial 'W'.