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    Sale 2777

    The Schliemann Collection European Silver

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    4 April 2007

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    Lot 626

    A set of six silver Danish table spoons

    MARK OF JENS HEINSEN, FREDERICIA, CIRCA 1780

    Price realised

    EUR 168

    Estimate

    EUR 200 - EUR 300

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    A set of six silver Danish table spoons
    Mark of Jens Heinsen, Fredericia, circa 1780
    Shaped handle, the reverse of the bowl engraved with a rocaille and diaperwork ornament, the reverse engraved with scrolls and diaperwork and in the centre pricked with initials and date RJS Bm HD 1805, marked on reverse of handles, one with indistinct marks, below Dutch legal silver standard
    20.6 cm. long
    188 gr. (6)

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