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Royal & Noble
Property from a member of a Royal Family
Phillipe, Count of Flanders: Three French silver double-salts and a mustard pot, Odiot, Paris, circa 1850
Lot Closed
January 18, 02:18 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a member of a Royal Family
Phillipe, Count of Flanders: Three French silver double-salts and a mustard pot, Odiot, Paris, circa 1850
The double salts with foliate central stems and removable gilt liners, the mustard pot with ribbon-tied reeded borders, engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Count of Flanders, together with two associated spoons engraved with king Leopold III cypher,
the salts 18cm., 7in. long
1709gr., 55oz.
Phillipe, Count of Flanders (1837–1905);
Leopold III, king of the Belgians (1901–1983).
These salts and pot were part of a large service commissioned by the Count of Flanders, presumably before his wedding with Princess Marie-Louise Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen in 1867. A large part of the service was sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, Princess Lilian of Belgium - Chateau d'Argenteuil, 22 September 2003 (lots 15-37)