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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED KNIFE AND FORK FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF SAINT VLADIMIR

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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED KNIFE AND FORK FROM THE BANQUETING SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF SAINT VLADIMIR
BY THE GARDNER FACTORY, CIRCA 1785, THE BLADE AND TINES WITH MAKER'S MARKS OF UNRECORDED MASTERS, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

The pistol-shaped porcelain handles with the polychrome decoration of the entwined sash of the Order of Saint Vladimir on white ground (3)

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WITH ROUND BOX CONTAINING A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF COUNT MOUSIN-PUSHKIN WEARING THE ORDER, 3IN. (7.5CM.) DIAMETER

ALSO WITH LEATHER PRESENTATION BOX