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MAKER'S MARK ND, GERMANY, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, ALSO STRUCK 800; MARK OF CHARLES EDWARDS, LONDON, 1889; MINIATURE, 18TH CENTURY
Details
Three German silver and enamel small spoons, six English silver-gilt teaspoons and a miniature
Maker's mark ND, Germany, late 19th/20th Century, also struck 800; mark of Charles Edwards, London, 1889; miniature, 18th Century
One small spoon with an enamel portrait of a crown princess Cecilie, the enamel finial with the black eagle from the Royal arms and inscription ...NPRINZES, one bowl with portrait of crown prince Wilhelm (finial broken of) and one bowl of their son Wilhelm, both with enamel finial with the black eagle from the Royal arms and Royal crown above with worn inscription; six silver-gilt teaspoons each with foliate handle and bowl with wavy rim; a portrait miniature of King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm I, brass rocaille frame, marked on back enamel finial; teaspoons on back of the bowls
98gr. (silver-gilt teaspoons) (10)
Maker's mark ND, Germany, late 19th/20th Century, also struck 800; mark of Charles Edwards, London, 1889; miniature, 18th Century
One small spoon with an enamel portrait of a crown princess Cecilie, the enamel finial with the black eagle from the Royal arms and inscription ...NPRINZES, one bowl with portrait of crown prince Wilhelm (finial broken of) and one bowl of their son Wilhelm, both with enamel finial with the black eagle from the Royal arms and Royal crown above with worn inscription; six silver-gilt teaspoons each with foliate handle and bowl with wavy rim; a portrait miniature of King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm I, brass rocaille frame, marked on back enamel finial; teaspoons on back of the bowls
98gr. (silver-gilt teaspoons) (10)
Provenance
Six teaspoons from Huis Doorn, the Netherlands, the last residence of the exiled Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941).
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