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Sterling Silver Sandwich Flags (Set of 6) - 20 Name Flags, Art Deco Silver
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Reference: S11268
Period: George V
Year: 1929
Silversmith: Adolph Scott
Place: Birmingham
Price: $ 370.00
Weight: 19 grams
Dimensions: 8 cm
Condition: Excellent, perfectly preserved in original box. All 20 flags in perfect condition, all 6 flags work well. Box also in good condition.
Description: An interesting set of 6 Art Deco sterling silver sandwich flags, perfectly preserved in their original box. The silver flags are accompanied by 20 double sided interchangeable plastic flag names, these include: - caviare, tomato& cheese, smoked salmon,beef, cucumber, sardine, anchovy,chicken, egg& anchovy, egg, ham, cheese, tomato, lobster, cress, smoked roe, crab, banana, tongue and fish. The flags themselves are good quality, ivory in colour (sometimes described as ivorine, certainly intended to imitate ivory) with clear black lettering, all 20 are in good condition. The flags can be interchanged according to the menu. It is interesting to see what would have been on the sandwich menu in 1929, caviare, smoked roe and lobster, but also banana! All 6 flags are fully hallmarked, clearly legible on 5 flags, one flag has indistinct marks. All 6 flags are also marked "Made in England", alongside a provisional patent number "Pro/ Pt 33279/28" and design registration number "Rd 742069". Adolph Scott worked between 1889 and 1957, he originally joined his Father's jewelery business, which he described as "old fashioned and in decline", his father "clung as a drowning man to a spar to the sinking ship" - Culme, Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, page 410.
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Sterling Silver Sandwich Flags (Set of 6) - 20 Name Flags
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Art Deco Sterling Silver Sandwich Flags
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Caviare silver sandwich flag
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Adolph Scott Birmingham 1929 silver hallmarks
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Sterling Silver Sandwich Flags (Set of 6) - 20 Name Flags, original box
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