Lot 712: A Hostess Sheffield Stainless Steel Service for Twelve Canteen of Cutlery

A comprehensive stainless steel flatware service for twelve, manufactured in Sheffield, England. The collection comprises dinner forks, dessert forks, soup spoons, and dessert spoons, all featuring decorative scroll and foliate motifs to the handle terminals. The accompanying knives are fitted with tapered cream-coloured synthetic handles. Each knife blade is etched with a decorative script reading The Hostess, above block lettering reading SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND and STAINLESS STEEL. The set is presented within a hinged wooden-effect canteen with a blue velvet and cream satin-lined interior.