A RARE AND UNUSUAL SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER TABLESPOONS OF FIDDLE AND THREAD PATTERN

A RARE AND UNUSUAL SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER TABLESPOONS OF FIDDLE AND THREAD PATTERN
MARK OF JOHN BARBE, LONDON, 1741
The short fiddle-shaped terminals engraved with a crest of a black demi-lion rampant amidst a trophy of six arrows rising from a circlet on a pole; together with a set of twelve French silver dessert forks of Fiddle and Thread pattern, mark of Jean-Baptiste Andrieu, Paris, First Standard, 1819/38, engraved with a Scottish crest
44.25 oz. (1373 gr.) (24)