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MARK OF FRANÇOIS-CHARLES GAVET, PARIS, CIRCA 1820
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A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT KNIVES**
MARK OF FRANÇOIS-CHARLES GAVET, PARIS, CIRCA 1820
The handles chased with bellflowers, together with:
three Austrian knives, Mayerhoffer & Klinkosch, Vienna, 1858; one French knife, 1809-19, mark of CM; an Austrian silver-gilt travelling cutlery set, mark of Tobias Mengetti, Vienna, circa 1829, comprising a spoon, fork and knife with metal blade, the handles decorated with scrolls, monogram and crown, the fork chased Divoran, the fork and spoon engraved Andentien von dei Taufpathen, de 23 Nove 1829, in a fitted leather box; a French silver-gilt travelling set, comprising: a table fork, dessert spoon, teaspoon, mark of Pierre-Benôit Lorillon, Paris, 1809-1819, a dessert knife with silver gilt-blade and a cheese knife with steel blade, mark of M-G Biennais, 1809-1819, engraved with A with crown above, an ivory and ebony cannister, and a metal corkscrew, in a fitted leather case; three Austrian dessert spoons with peacock handles, engraved on reverse with monogram FJA, Mayerhoffer and Klinkosch, Vienna, 1858 (41)
MARK OF FRANÇOIS-CHARLES GAVET, PARIS, CIRCA 1820
The handles chased with bellflowers, together with:
three Austrian knives, Mayerhoffer & Klinkosch, Vienna, 1858; one French knife, 1809-19, mark of CM; an Austrian silver-gilt travelling cutlery set, mark of Tobias Mengetti, Vienna, circa 1829, comprising a spoon, fork and knife with metal blade, the handles decorated with scrolls, monogram and crown, the fork chased Divoran, the fork and spoon engraved Andentien von dei Taufpathen, de 23 Nove 1829, in a fitted leather box; a French silver-gilt travelling set, comprising: a table fork, dessert spoon, teaspoon, mark of Pierre-Benôit Lorillon, Paris, 1809-1819, a dessert knife with silver gilt-blade and a cheese knife with steel blade, mark of M-G Biennais, 1809-1819, engraved with A with crown above, an ivory and ebony cannister, and a metal corkscrew, in a fitted leather case; three Austrian dessert spoons with peacock handles, engraved on reverse with monogram FJA, Mayerhoffer and Klinkosch, Vienna, 1858 (41)
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