Sale 3730
New York
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20 May 2015
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
A SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917 Comprising twelve dinner knives, twelve dessert knives, twelve fish knives, twelve butter knives, twelve dinner forks, eleven dessert forks, twelve fish forks, twelve oyster forks, twelve dinner spoons, eleven dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, twelve demitasse spoons, ten assorted serving pieces, each handle cast with foliate motifs within reeded tied-ribbon borders, monogrammed, in the original fitted case stamped in Russian 'I.P. Khlebnikov & Sons,' marked throughout 256.1 oz. (7258.3 gr.) weighable silver
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