Lot 88
  • 88

couvert de voyage en or 18ct par Gustave Keller, Paris, vers 1900, probablement pour le yacht royal égyptien "Mahroussa"

Estimate
18,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • couvert de voyage en or 18ct par Gustave Keller, Paris, vers 1900, probablement pour le yacht royal égyptien "Mahroussa"
  • Long. 13 cm, 571g all in ; 5 1/8 in, 18oz 6dwt
de style Art Nouveau, orné d'une ancre timbrée de la couronne d'Egypte, se désassemblant pour former deux fourchettes et deux couteaux, l'un avec une lame en acier

tooled and applied with Art Nouveau and lobate ornament including anchor below the Egyptian crown, dessemsabling to form two forks and two knives, one with steel blade


Provenance

Roi Farouk d'Egypte.
"Objets précieux de Farouk et de son père Fouad Ier d'Egypte", Hôtel des ventes, Genève, 12 octobre 2006, lot 1540.

Condition

generally very good condition, stamped Keller, maker's mark, 1838-1919 Paris gold standard mark
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Catalogue Note

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