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19TH CENTURY
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A SET OF FOUR CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT STANDING SALT CELLARS
19TH CENTURY
In the Renaissance style, with embossed flowers and putto base and bowl, the stem formed as a lion and tree, a fourth with detached bowl, each marked on base; a Spanish silver-gilt sweetmeat dish, 20th century, shaped oval, embossed with fruit and flowers; a German silver-gilt salt, 20th century, circular, with triangular base; a set of four English gilt-metal dishes, 20th century, each on shell base, with dolphin stem supporting a shell bowl; two silver plate cups, with cut-glass bowls, twenty-four gilt-metal place card holders, each in the form of a seal; a gilt-metal fish slice, sardine fork and four caviar knives
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high; 28 oz. (876 gr.) (42)
19TH CENTURY
In the Renaissance style, with embossed flowers and putto base and bowl, the stem formed as a lion and tree, a fourth with detached bowl, each marked on base; a Spanish silver-gilt sweetmeat dish, 20th century, shaped oval, embossed with fruit and flowers; a German silver-gilt salt, 20th century, circular, with triangular base; a set of four English gilt-metal dishes, 20th century, each on shell base, with dolphin stem supporting a shell bowl; two silver plate cups, with cut-glass bowls, twenty-four gilt-metal place card holders, each in the form of a seal; a gilt-metal fish slice, sardine fork and four caviar knives
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high; 28 oz. (876 gr.) (42)