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THE FORK WITH MARK OF CHARLES-SALOMON MAHLER, PARIS, 1824-1838, THE SPOON WITH NO MAKER'S MARK, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE KNIFE WITH MAKER'S MARK TP, 1819-1838, PROVINCIAL
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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL TRAVELLING CANTEEN
THE FORK WITH MARK OF CHARLES-SALOMON MAHLER, PARIS, 1824-1838, THE SPOON WITH NO MAKER'S MARK, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE KNIFE WITH MAKER'S MARK TP, 1819-1838, PROVINCIAL
The handle of the spoon and fork each stamped with bacchic figure above basket of flowers and fruiting grapevines, all on a textured ground, the knife with palmette decorated terminal and ferrule and mother-of-pearl handle, each engraved with an initial 'D' below a Royal crown, the spoon and fork each marked on bowl or tines, the knife marked on blade, contained in the remains of a red leather covered case
the spoon and fork 3.5 oz. (105 gr.)
The initial is that of Désirée, Queen of Sweden (1777-1860). (3)
THE FORK WITH MARK OF CHARLES-SALOMON MAHLER, PARIS, 1824-1838, THE SPOON WITH NO MAKER'S MARK, PARIS, 1819-1838, THE KNIFE WITH MAKER'S MARK TP, 1819-1838, PROVINCIAL
The handle of the spoon and fork each stamped with bacchic figure above basket of flowers and fruiting grapevines, all on a textured ground, the knife with palmette decorated terminal and ferrule and mother-of-pearl handle, each engraved with an initial 'D' below a Royal crown, the spoon and fork each marked on bowl or tines, the knife marked on blade, contained in the remains of a red leather covered case
the spoon and fork 3.5 oz. (105 gr.)
The initial is that of Désirée, Queen of Sweden (1777-1860). (3)
Provenance
Désirée, Queen of Sweden was born in Marseilles in 1777. She was the daughter of a silk manufacturer François Clary (1725-1794) and his second wife Françoise Rose (1737-1815), the daughter of Joseph-Ignace Somis. Désirée's sister Julie (1771-1846) had married Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), later King of Naples and Sicily, in 1771. Désirée attracted the attentions of Joseph's brother Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), later Emperor of France, in 1794. Their engagement lasted two years but it was broken off by Napoleon in 1796. She married one of Napoleon's generals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (1763-1844) in 1798. Bernadotte was later to be elected as Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810. On the death of King Carl XIII of Sweden in 1818 Bernadotte became King.
Special notice
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