A LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE
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A LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE

THE KNIVES WITH MARK OF HENRY AUGUSTE, PARIS 1788; THE SPOONS AND FORKS, PARIS, MAKER'S MARK J.H.C. POSSIBLY FOR JEAN CHALOST

Closed27 May 2022

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A LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE
THE KNIVES WITH MARK OF HENRY AUGUSTE, PARIS 1788; THE SPOONS AND FORKS, PARIS, MAKER'S MARK J.H.C. POSSIBLY FOR JEAN CHALOST
Thread pattern with shell terminal, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons;
Twelve dessert forks;
Eleven dessert knives (five with later steel blades), all engraved with a crest
in a fitted case marked 'ASPREY, LONDON', fully marked
47 oz. 16 dwt. (1,487 gr.) weighable silver

Gladys Montagu, Lady Swaythling (1879-1965), Bridley Manor, Worplesdon, Surrey and thence by descent.