Abraham Warnberger III German silver-gilt knife, fork and spoon

decorated with masks and strapwork, the knife with steel blade, heart-shaped cutler’s mark

Exh. Cat. Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2004, no. 72B

a few little marks to fork tines, generally condition and colour very nice. lovely quality. the knife also marked.
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Abraham Warnberger III was born in 1670 into a well-established family of Augsburg goldsmiths. He became a master goldsmith in 1702 and married a year later, followed by a second marriage in 1715. Warnberger, an accomplished spoon and fork maker, contributed to the service ordered by Empress Catherine the Great for Perm and Kharkov. He died in 1753.