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MOST PIECES MARK OF PAUL QUEILLE OR CHARLES-SALOMON MALHER, PARIS, SECOND-HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE
MOST PIECES MARK OF PAUL QUEILLE OR CHARLES-SALOMON MALHER, PARIS, SECOND-HALF 19TH CENTURY
King's Pattern, engraved with differing initials, comprising:
Thirty table-spoons Forty table-forks
Twenty-four dessert-spoons Twenty-four dessert-forks
Twenty-three teaspoons Eight various serving pieces
and the following with filled handles:
Forty-eight table-knives Six various serving-pieces, two with ivory
Twenty-four cheese-knives, with steel blades
Twenty-four fruit-knives, with silver-gilt blades
in four baize-lined trays
weighable silver 327 oz. 2 dwt. (10,174 gr.)
MOST PIECES MARK OF PAUL QUEILLE OR CHARLES-SALOMON MALHER, PARIS, SECOND-HALF 19TH CENTURY
King's Pattern, engraved with differing initials, comprising:
Thirty table-spoons Forty table-forks
Twenty-four dessert-spoons Twenty-four dessert-forks
Twenty-three teaspoons Eight various serving pieces
and the following with filled handles:
Forty-eight table-knives Six various serving-pieces, two with ivory
Twenty-four cheese-knives, with steel blades
Twenty-four fruit-knives, with silver-gilt blades
in four baize-lined trays
weighable silver 327 oz. 2 dwt. (10,174 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 8 November 2013, lot 109.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Sale room notice
France currently has restrictions on the sale and commercial movement of all elephant ivory items, including pre-1947 “antique” elephant ivory items. Christie’s is unable to arrange shipments of any elephant ivory lots to France until further guidance is issued by the French authorities. Bidders who intend to ship an ivory lot to France bid at their own risk. A delay or inability to export elephant ivory is not grounds to cancel the purchase of a lot, and buyers remain responsible for all storage charges that accrue in accordance with the Conditions of Sale.
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