MARK OF SAMUEL BARDET, AUGSBURG, 1793-1795

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT TRAVELLING NECESSAIRE
MARK OF SAMUEL BARDET, AUGSBURG, 1793-1795
Each cast with braid border and comprising an oval spice-box on four bud feet and with hinged cover, a table fork, a table spoon, a carving knife and a carving fork, each with steel blade and tines, a marrow teaspoon, in original leather case lined with velvet, marked underneath the spice-box, on handles and bowls
The case 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) long
weighable silver 11 oz. 18 dwt. (371 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Samuel Bardet, like many Augsburg goldsmiths, specialised in these travelling cutlery sets commissioned by German royal and aristocratic families, after the habit started by French courtiers in the late 17th century who were wary of being poisoned with arsenic mixed in salt and spices.

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