AN IMPORTANT SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE
AN IMPORTANT SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE

MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

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AN IMPORTANT SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE
marked Fabergé, Moscow, 1908-1917
The handles applied with swans, cornucopia and laurel cartouche, comprising:
36 table forks
18 dessert forks
17 fish forks
12 small forks
1 meat fork
1 sardine fork
1 small serving fork
18 table spoons
18 dessert spoons
18 tea spoons
17 salt spoons
18 demi-tasse spoons
1 stuffing spoon
1 serving spoon
1 serving fork and spoon
1 fish serving knife and fork
36 table knives with steel blades
18 fruit knives with silver-gilt blade
18 dessert knives with steel blades
18 fish knives with silver-gilt blades
12 small knives
1 serving knife with steel blade
1 serving trowel
1 pair of sugar tongs
In four original velvet-lined fitted wooden cases
477oz. (14,854gr.) weighable silver (370)
Provenance
Christie's New York, 17 October 1979, lot 113
Literature
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 180, ill.
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 213, ill. p. 212
Exhibited
Virginia/Minneapolis/Chicago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fabergé, Selections from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 63, p. 15
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983/84, no. 41
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 129
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 13, p. 48, ill.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 13, p. 44, ill.
New York, Place des Antiquaires, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987/88, no. cat.
Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1988, no cat.
Cheekwood, The Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1988, no cat.
Atlanta, The High Museum Antiques Show, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1988, no cat.
Seattle, The Bank of California, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1988/89, no cat.
St. Louis, The St. Louis Antiques Show, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1989, no cat.
Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Arts Center, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1989/90, no cat.
Tulsa, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1990, no cat.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1990, no cat.
Memphis, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1990, no cat.
London, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1991, no. 24, pp. 3, 35, ill. p. 35 Charlotte, The Mint Museum of Art, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1994, no cat.
Albuquerque, The Museum of Natural History and Science, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1996, no cat.

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