A GROUP OF FRENCH AND GERMAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SERVING PIECES
THE PAIR OF SOUP LADLES WITH MARK OF PHILIPPE ROUSSEAU, PARIS, 1781; ONE SALT SHOVEL WITH MARK OF JEAN-FRANCOIS-NICOLAS ROUSSEAU, THREE WITH MAKER'S PARTLY LEGIBLE, PARIS 1780 AND 1781, TWO WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK; A PAIR OF SERVING SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN PETER NEUTHARD, HANOVER, CIRCA 1815
All thread-and-leaf pattern and comprising seven silver-gilt salt shovels, two silver soup ladles and two silver serving spoons, each engraved with Royal cypher 'GRIII' beneath Royal a crown, marked on stems
44 oz. 19 dwt. (1,399 gr.)
The cypher is that of King George III (1760-1820) of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector and later King of Hanover (1738-1820).
A GROUP OF FRENCH AND GERMAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SERVING PIECES
THE PAIR OF SOUP LADLES WITH MARK OF PHILIPPE ROUSSEAU, PARIS, 1781; ONE SALT SHOVEL WITH MARK OF JEAN-FRANCOIS-NICOLAS ROUSSEAU, THREE WITH MAKER'S PARTLY LEGIBLE, PARIS 1780 AND 1781, TWO WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK; A PAIR OF SERVING SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN PETER NEUTHARD, HANOVER, CIRCA 1815
All thread-and-leaf pattern and comprising seven silver-gilt salt shovels, two silver soup ladles and two silver serving spoons, each engraved with Royal cypher 'GRIII' beneath Royal a crown, marked on stems
44 oz. 19 dwt. (1,399 gr.)
The cypher is that of King George III (1760-1820) of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector and later King of Hanover (1738-1820).