A FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE

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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
PARIS, 1809-1819, MAKER'S MARK OF FRANCOIS-DOMINIQUE NAUDIN, KNIVES MAKER'S MARK OF MARC JACQUART

The rounded handles with raised neoclassical motifs, including swans, peacocks, pheasants, cornucopiae, anthemia, and masks, each engraved with accole coats of arms and a Count's coronet; the knives with sqared hollow handles with similar ornament, each engraved with script monogram LA; each marked, comprising:

Twelve dessert spoons
Twelve teaspoons
Twelve dessert forks
Twelve dessert knives
A pair of serving spoons
A pair of ice-cream spades
A pair of sauce ladles
A pair of sugar sifters

(110 oz.)

In fitted wood case
(56)

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