A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE
MARK OF JOHANN FRIDERICH FRITZ, STRASBOURG, 1772 AND 1773
Fiddle, thread and shell pattern, engraved with coat-of-arms below baron's coronet, comprising, thirty-six dessert-spoons, thirty-six dessert-forks, thirty-six dessert-knives, with filled handles, marked on blades and stems, in later fitted leather case stamped J. H. BOOTHBY & SONS, STANHOPE ST.
172 oz. 16 dwt. (5,375 gr.)
The arms are those of arms of Murray, for William, 1st Baron Mansfield (1705-1793), later created 1st Earl of Mansfield in 1776.
A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE
MARK OF JOHANN FRIDERICH FRITZ, STRASBOURG, 1772 AND 1773
Fiddle, thread and shell pattern, engraved with coat-of-arms below baron's coronet, comprising, thirty-six dessert-spoons, thirty-six dessert-forks, thirty-six dessert-knives, with filled handles, marked on blades and stems, in later fitted leather case stamped J. H. BOOTHBY & SONS, STANHOPE ST.
172 oz. 16 dwt. (5,375 gr.)
The arms are those of arms of Murray, for William, 1st Baron Mansfield (1705-1793), later created 1st Earl of Mansfield in 1776.
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