A Fabergé canteen of parcel-gilt cutlery, Moscow, circa 1900

A Fabergé canteen of parcel-gilt cutlery, Moscow, circa 1900

comprising: twelve table-forks, twelve table-knives, twelve table-spoons, twelve dessert-forks, twelve dessert-knives, twelve dessert-spoons, twelve teaspoons, twelve coffee-spoons, twelve cheese-knives, twelve fish-forks, twelve fish-knives, twelve knife-rests, a soup-ladle, a pair of sauce-ladles, a pair of shovels, a pair of salad-servers, four ice cream-servers (two sizes), a cheese-scoop, a pair of salts and spoons, and assorted carving and serving pieces, held in later fitted wooden case, struck throughout with maker's marks, 84 standard

the box 32.5 by 46 by 56cm; 12⅞by 17¾by 22 in.

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