A fine French silver-gilt dessert-service Maker's mark of Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, the knives with maker's mark of Martin-Guillaume-Biennais, Paris, 1809-1819 The spoons and forks with shaped stems cast and chased with a peacock in its splendour within scroll and foliage cartouche, the upper part with moulded border beaded at intervals, the reverse with a figure of cupid and coat-of-arms beneath Prince's crown, the knives with shaped tops, the stems cast and chased on both sides with cornucopia, thyrsus, mask and a simplified version of the same arms, comprising: - thirty-six dessert-forks - thirty-six dessert-spoons - thirty-six dessert-knives with silver-gilt blades marked on stems and blades 6,610 gr. (212 oz.) including knives (108)
A fine French silver-gilt dessert-service Maker's mark of Pierre-Benoit Lorillon, the knives with maker's mark of Martin-Guillaume-Biennais, Paris, 1809-1819 The spoons and forks with shaped stems cast and chased with a peacock in its splendour within scroll and foliage cartouche, the upper part with moulded border beaded at intervals, the reverse with a figure of cupid and coat-of-arms beneath Prince's crown, the knives with shaped tops, the stems cast and chased on both sides with cornucopia, thyrsus, mask and a simplified version of the same arms, comprising: - thirty-six dessert-forks - thirty-six dessert-spoons - thirty-six dessert-knives with silver-gilt blades marked on stems and blades 6,610 gr. (212 oz.) including knives (108)
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