Live Auction 10897From Roentgen to Faberge: A European Private Collection
A GERMAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE
Lot 168

A GERMAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE

MARK OF JOHANN WAGNER AND SOHN, HERMANN JULIUS WILM, AND OTHERS, BERLIN, CIRCA 1900

Closed20 May 2015

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A GERMAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE
MARK OF JOHANN WAGNER AND SOHN, HERMANN JULIUS WILM, AND OTHERS, BERLIN, CIRCA 1900
The shaped handles stamped and chased with the Prussian eagle within shells and scrolls, the reverse with the monogram 'WR' with Royal Prussian crown above, comprising:
Twenty-four table-forks Twelve silver-gilt dessert-forks
A pair of asparagus-tongs A pair of fish-servers
A serving-spoon
And the following with filled handles
Twelve table-knives with stainless steel blades Twelve silver-gilt dessert-knives
A pair of salad-servers with part ivory attachments A cake knife
A serving-slice Two serving knives
weighable silver 140 oz. (4,356 gr.)
The initials are those of Kaiser Wilhelm II (r.1888-1918).

Kaiser Wilhelm II, of Germany and by descent,
Silver from the Royal Prussian Collection; sold Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 432.

Specialist note

Emperor Wilhelm II (r.1888-1918), succeeded both his grandfather and father as Emperor or Kaiser in 1888, known as the ‘Year of Three Emperors’. He entertained on a lavish scale as had his Prussian ancestors at court.  After his abdication in 1918 he lived in exile at Huis Doorn, Netherlands, until his death there in 1941.