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FORTY-TWO PORCELAIN HANDLED SILVER-GILT BUTTER KNIVES THE SILVER CIRCA 1935-40; THE PORCELAIN 19TH CENTURY
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- length 6 in.
- 15.4 cm
the silver blades, 36 by Crichton Brothers, London and 6 by Puiforcat, the handles probably Meissen, painted in a Kakiemon palette with the "Schmetterling" pattern of a butterfly amidst flowering prunus branches, fitted in a velvet-lined leather box. Three handles damaged, some restoration. 44 pieces.
Provenance
Property from the Collection of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, sold, Sotheby's, New York, September 14, 1997, lot 1094