The flatware collection is conspicuously lacking good examples of French and English classic silver flatware from the eighteenth century.  These simple patterns, for which the decoration was meant to be a coat of arms, creat, or initials are now known as Fiddle pattern for the French and Hanoverian, and later Old English for the English.
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1749<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1749-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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