Douze fourchettes, douze cuillères et douze couteaux en argent, Venise, principalement vers 1770, différents orfèvres, dans un coffret japonisant laqué rouge et or

modèle San Marco, les couteaux à manche en crosse, certaines spatules gravées TdB

6 knives, maker GF, a dog on his feet, old blades, engraved AM on the handles, the 6 other with only Venice mark, modern blades, forks and spoons with different makers, Venice and Turin Very nice and unusual case
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