Assembled English Silver Fiddle & Thread Flatware Service

(48) pieces to include, with period marks from Georgian-early Victorian period; (6) Georgian dinner knives, mark of Moses Brent, London (1803), with fish and lion monograms (10 in.); (9) dinner forks; (8) luncheon forks (6 3/4), (7) teaspoons (7 in.); and (14) tablespoons (8 5/8 in.); and a gravy ladle; most with Victorian hallmarks of Benjamin Smith III and William IV hallmarks of John, Henry & Charles Lias; (3) Georgian serving pieces of a separate pattern, including a gravy ladle with mark of William Eley (II), Charles Eley & Henry Eley; and a tablespoon and fish knife with marks of Thomas Dicks. Most pieces feature an armorial stag monogram of the Reay Family.

99.75 total troy oz.

From the collection of The Reverend Thomas Osmotherley Reay, inherited through the family

The Reverend Thomas Osmotherley Reay (1834-1914) was an Anglican clergyman and respected community leader. Born in London to a Cumberland family of long standing, he was educated at Eton and Oxford before being ordained in 1858. He spent over fifty years in ministry, most notably as Vicar of Dovercourt and Prittlewell, and served for more than two decades as Acting Chaplain to the Essex Volunteer Artillery. The Reay and Osmotherley families were ancient northern English lineages, with the Reays holding Gill House in Cumberland since the 12th century. Their heraldic crest featured a stag, traditionally a symbol of strength, endurance, and vigilance.

The knife handles with pitting, a couple with baluster repairs,

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