Lot 78
  • 78

A German silver-gilt Empire style dessert flatware service, maker's mark FB&S, circa 1830-40

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on backs with maker's mark and 13, one of each maker's mark CE, London, 1950
  • silver-gilt
the handles decorated with classical foliage including anthemia within thread borders, engraved with monogram SMS, stamped comprising:
twelve dessert forks
twelve dessert spoons
twelve ice cream spades
twelve teaspoons
48 pieces.

Provenance

Gianni Versace

Condition

as note re: recasts, otherwise good
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Catalogue Note

This pattern is the same used by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot for the Stephanie de Beauharnais Service, 1821-24.  Most of the service was sold Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 2008, lot 107 (flatware).  Part of the flatware service had been extended by Christian Friedrich Diemling of Karlsruhle and another maker.