VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A composite set of twenty-four pairs of 19th Century silver-gilt and Continental hard paste porcelain dessert knives and forks with foliate-stamped terminals and beaded ferrules, the blades decorated with flower heads and foliage, the prongs with C-scrolls and foliage, the handles painted with polychrome floral sprays on turquoise grounds enriched with gilding, in a plush-lined walnut-veneered case with vacant brass cartouche, some of the pieces Francis Higgins, London 1874, the others French. (24)
Details
A composite set of twenty-four pairs of 19th Century silver-gilt and Continental hard paste porcelain dessert knives and forks with foliate-stamped terminals and beaded ferrules, the blades decorated with flower heads and foliage, the prongs with C-scrolls and foliage, the handles painted with polychrome floral sprays on turquoise grounds enriched with gilding, in a plush-lined walnut-veneered case with vacant brass cartouche, some of the pieces Francis Higgins, London 1874, the others French. (24)