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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.
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.