Lot 569
  • 569

A continental silver-gilt and porcelain dessert flatware service, French, German and Russian second half 19th century

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

the white porcelain handles painted with birds within flowers and gilt borders, the forks and large spoons with stems in the forms of twin-tailed mermaids, the knives with ferrules in the form of addorsed female busts, comprising:
twenty-four silver-gilt bladed dessert knives
twenty-four steel-bladed cheese knives
twenty-four dessert forks
twenty-four dessert spoons, three of different pattern
twenty-four silver-gilt and niello teaspoons of two patterns, Moscow 1835 and 1857
120 pieces

Fitted in four trays within an oak case with retailer's stamp Cardeilhac Orfรจvre 91 R. de Rivoli.