A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND PORCELAIN DESSERT SERVICE
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND PORCELAIN DESSERT SERVICE

MARK OF CARDHEILAC, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND PORCELAIN DESSERT SERVICE
MARK OF CARDHEILAC, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
The white porcelain handles painted with flowers and birds with gilt borders, the forks and large spoons with mermaid stems, the knives and ferrules with addorsed female busts, comprising:
Twenty-four dessert forks, two slightly smaller
Twenty-four dessert spoons, three of another pattern
Twenty-four silver-gilt and niello teapsoons, in two patterns, Moscow 1835 and 1857
Twenty-four dessert knives, with silver-gilt blades, in two styles
Twenty-four cheese knives, with steel blades
In fitted oak canteen with Cardeilhac retailer stamp (120)
Provenance
Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, sold Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 2005, lot 569

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