ANTIQUE 20thC RUSSIAN FABERGE' SOLID SILVER CASED CUTLERY SET, MOSCOW c1910
20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge' Silver cutlery service cased set composed of 132 pieces, comprising of 24 dinner knives with stainless blades, 24 dinner forks, 12 table spoons, 12 fish knives, 12 fish forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 luncheon knives with stainless blades, 12 luncheon forks, 12 teaspoons. Each spatulate handle features an extremely elegant design decorated with cornucopiae and swans in relief, monogrammed in crossed branches.
Hallmarked Russian silver (88, for 916 standard, particularly high purity for Russian silver), Moscow, year 1908-17, Maker's mark KF for Karl Faberge'.
This very important Faberge' set has been published in "Faberge' and the Russian Master Goldsmiths", edited by Gerard Hill, 2008, p.26 fig.9.
Reference Number: A1103
20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge' Silver cutlery service cased set composed of 132 pieces, comprising of 24 dinner knives with stainless blades, 24 dinner forks, 12 table spoons, 12 fish knives, 12 fish forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 luncheon knives with stainless blades, 12 luncheon forks, 12 teaspoons. Each spatulate handle features an extremely elegant design decorated with cornucopiae and swans in relief, monogrammed in crossed branches.
Hallmarked Russian silver (88, for 916 standard, particularly high purity for Russian silver), Moscow, year 1908-17, Maker's mark KF for Karl Faberge'.
This very important Faberge' set has been published in "Faberge' and the Russian Master Goldsmiths", edited by Gerard Hill, 2008, p.26 fig.9.
Reference Number: A1103
20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge' Silver cutlery service cased set composed of 132 pieces, comprising of 24 dinner knives with stainless blades, 24 dinner forks, 12 table spoons, 12 fish knives, 12 fish forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 luncheon knives with stainless blades, 12 luncheon forks, 12 teaspoons. Each spatulate handle features an extremely elegant design decorated with cornucopiae and swans in relief, monogrammed in crossed branches.
Hallmarked Russian silver (88, for 916 standard, particularly high purity for Russian silver), Moscow, year 1908-17, Maker's mark KF for Karl Faberge'.
This very important Faberge' set has been published in "Faberge' and the Russian Master Goldsmiths", edited by Gerard Hill, 2008, p.26 fig.9.
Reference Number: A1103
Description
Antique early-20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge' Solid Silver cutlery service, higly important cased set composed of 132 pieces, comprising of 24 dinner knives with stainless blades, 24 dinner forks (six of them unmarked, probably later cast), 12 table spoons, 12 fish knives, 12 fish forks, 12 dessert spoons, 12 luncheon knives with stainless blades, 12 luncheon forks, 12 teaspoons. Each spatulate handle features an extremely elegant design decorated with cornucopiae and swans in relief, monogrammed in crossed branches. The set comes in a fitted box.
Each piece (apart six forks) is Hallmarked Russian silver (88, for 916 standard, particularly high purity for Russian silver), Moscow, year 1908-17, Maker's mark KF for Karl Faberge' or struck K. Faberge' in Cyrillic with Imperial Warrant.
This very important Faberge' set has been published in "Faberge' and the Russian Master Goldsmiths", edited by Gerard Hill, 2008, p.26 fig.9.
Condition
Set in excellent Condition - Just general wear, six dinner forks are not marked.
Dinner Forks Size
Height (Each): 22.5cm
Total Weight: 2320g
Dinner Knifes Size
Height (Each): 25cm
Total Weight: 2760g
Table Spoons Size
Height (Each): 22cm
Total Weight: 1190g
Luncheon Forks Size
Height (Each): 19cm
Total Weight: 665g
Dessert Spoon Size
Height (each): 19cm
Total Weight: 740g
Luncheon Knifes Size
Height (each): 21.5cm
Total Weight: 850g
Fish Forks Size
Height (Each): 19cm
Total Weight: 700g
Fish Knifes Size
Height (Each): 23cm
Total Weight: 775g
Teaspoons Size
Height (Each): 14.5cm
Total Weight: 425g
Box Size
Height: 20cm
Width: 52 x 38cm