A mixed lot, comprising silver items: a tazza, by Mappin and Webb, London 1909, a pair of Victorian salt cellars, a shell butter dish, a silver-mounted glass sugar caster, a salt cellar, a silver-mounted glass jar, plus a pair of old Sheffield plated wine coasters, a single Old Sheffield plated wine coaster, plus electroplated items: a three-piece tea set , a hot water pot, a two-handled bowl with a white liner, a set of twelve fish eaters, with ivorine handles, cased and other flatware, approx. weighable 10oz. (qty) Provenance: the pair of coasters were purchased from Dreweatt, Watson and Barton, Newbury 5 July 1978, lot 267.

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