A LOUIS XVI COMPOSITE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE

Lot 68
26.01.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 6 250
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ID 696955
Lot 68 | A LOUIS XVI COMPOSITE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
A LOUIS XVI COMPOSITE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE

VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES INCLUDING LOUIS-CONSTANT DE LA BOISSIERE, PARIS, 1749, LOUIS-JULIEN ANTHIAUME, PARIS, 1783 AND JEAN-ETIENNE LANGLOIS, PARIS, 1789

Of various patterns comprising:

Twelve thread pattern table forks, engraved with a crest in shield,

Twelve fiddle and thread pattern table spoons, engraved with a coat-of-arms under baron's crown,

Six fiddle and thread dessert forks, engraved with a coat-of-arms under knight helmet,

Six fiddle and thread dessert spoons, engraved with a coat-of-arms under knight helmet,

Twelve silver-gilt fiddle, thread and shell pattern teaspoons

Eleven silver-gilt thread pattern teaspoons,

Eighteen fiddle and thread pattern fruit knives, engraved with a coat-of-arms, all marked on handles, blades and bowls

and with filled handles:

Twelve table knives, with pistol handles and steel blades,

Twelve cheese knives, with pistol handles and steel blades, marked on handles

all in later small fitted trays by Christofle

140 oz. 10 dwt. (4,371 gr.)







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