A Silver-Gilt and Niello Flatware Service
Maker's mark 'ee', Moscow, 1854
Fiddle pattern, nielloed with foliate arabesques in the Old Russian style on a gilt stippled ground, each engraved with the initial 'R' and the motto 'Tout ou Rien', in the original fitted wood case, fully marked, the knife blades marked in Russian 'Yakovlev'
Comprising:
Twenty-four dinner forks
Twenty-four dinner knives
Twenty-four dessert forks
Twenty-three dessert knives
Twenty-four teaspoons
Twenty-four table spoons
Two serving spoons
Four salts
Twelve vodka cups
An ivory mounted serving fork and spoon
A carving knife and fork
A soup ladle
A fish slice
282 oz. (8771 gr.) weighable silver (168)
A Silver-Gilt and Niello Flatware Service
Maker's mark 'ee', Moscow, 1854
Fiddle pattern, nielloed with foliate arabesques in the Old Russian style on a gilt stippled ground, each engraved with the initial 'R' and the motto 'Tout ou Rien', in the original fitted wood case, fully marked, the knife blades marked in Russian 'Yakovlev'
Comprising:
Twenty-four dinner forks
Twenty-four dinner knives
Twenty-four dessert forks
Twenty-three dessert knives
Twenty-four teaspoons
Twenty-four table spoons
Two serving spoons
Four salts
Twelve vodka cups
An ivory mounted serving fork and spoon
A carving knife and fork
A soup ladle
A fish slice
282 oz. (8771 gr.) weighable silver (168)
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