A SILVER FLATWARE SET, DIFFERENT MAKERS AND TOWNS, MAINLY FRENCH, 1760-1820, IN A BROWN 18TH CENTURY LEATHER CASE |

flatware set with different arms engraved, comprising 11 table forks, 9 table spoons, 20 coffee spoons (not engraved, 1 Austrian, 3 1809-1819), 6 table knives in Régence style, Paris, modern, 6 table knives with pistol handles, Paris, modern, 1 sugar-sifter, Pierre-Nicolas Sommé, Paris, circa 1785, 4 marrow scoops, London and Glasgow, circa 1800 

In overall good condition. Fork prong slightly worn and spoons too. Table knives in overall good condition. Marrow scoops in overall good condition, one with marks partly legible. Tea spoons with dents, one worn and one with a bigger dent. Sugar sifter in overall good condition. Marks partly legible. In the leather case the cover stamp with monogram PP.
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