SET OF SILVER AND HARDSTONE SWEETMEAT FLATWARE IN FISHSKIN CASE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Comprising eight spoons, seven with maker's mark RS, possibly for Richard Scarlett, one initialed and by different maker, six knives and six two-pronged forks with faceted carnelian handles, in a fitted fishskin case. 21 pieces.

Colonel Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 22-23, 1980, lot 586.

as noted re. one spoon by another maker; one handle cracked, minor border damage to handles, case with wear and losses to shagreen, overall in good condition
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