Set Of Eight Fruit Knives In Sterling Silver And Mother-of-pearl, 1798-1838

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Object description :

"Set Of Eight Fruit Knives In Sterling Silver And Mother-of-pearl, 1798-1838"

Set of eight fruit knives, mother-of-pearl handles inlaid with a silver shield, solid silver blades, bases and ferrules.

One marked with the monogram RB, the seven others virgins.

Hallmarks (per knife)

2^e Coq Province (1798-1809), Menus Ouvrages (right ear, Paris), Moyenne Garantie mark (1798-1809, department 95), GoldsmithLC, a lower ring, an upper ring.

Vieillard 2^etitre, Province (1819-1838), Grosse Garantie mark (head ofHercules, 1819-1838, department 81), Goldsmith FD, two coffee beans.

Vieillard 2^etitre, Province (1819-1838), Grosse Garantie mark (head ofHercules, 1819-1838, department 81), Goldsmith GB, a lower bowl, an upper bowl.

Gross weight: 235 grams.

Condition report : very good condition, perfect little maintenance restoration by our goldsmith.

An identical model with the monogram of Prince Eugène de BEAUHARNAIS in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, and another within the collections of the Hôtel de Sully Museum in Châtellerault.
Three similar models kept in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, from the former Louis-Victor PUIFORCAT collection.

MUSEUM REFERENCES

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, PARIS, Couteau à dessert (dessert knife), mother of pearl, gilded silver and gold, Paris, 1814-1819.

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, PARIS, Paire de couteaux (pair of knives), lapis lazulis, gold and steel, Paris, 1809-1819.

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, PARIS, TOULON Jean, Couteau à dessert (dessert knife), gold and mother-of-pearl, Paris, 1798-1809.

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, PARIS, Couteau (knife), mother-of-pearl, silver and gold, departments, 1809-1819.

HÔTEL SULLY MUSEUM, CHÂTELLERAULT, Couteaux (12) (Knives), silver, mother-of-pearl, steel.

Price: 420 €