ID 696738
Lot 69 | A LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES INCLUDING JEAN-ANTOINE ALAZARD, PARIS, 1788
Fiddle and thread pattern, engraved with monogram LN in shield, comprising:
Eighteen dessert spoons
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen teaspoons
Two serving spoons
Two sugar sifting spoons
Two pairs of sugar tongs
Eighteen fruit knives with, silver-gilt blades and mother-of-pearl handles
Eighteen cheese knives with, steel blades and mother-of-pearl handles,
fully marked, in original fitted leather case
weight of weighable silver 105 oz. 8 dwt. (3,279 gr.)
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Mother-of-pearl, Precious stones, Silver, Pearls |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Category: | Services |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Mother-of-pearl, Precious stones, Silver, Pearls |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Category: | Services |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



