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CIRCA 1775, THE MOUNTS LATER
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Thirty-five Berlin cutlery-handles
Circa 1775, the mounts later
Each handle of shaped tapering form and quatrefoil section painted in pink, green and grey with loose bouquets and scattered flower-sprays, the end moulded with foliage scrolls and a band of pink quatrefoil flowerheads joined by gilt chain ornament and terminating in a moulded flowerhead, comprising:
Eleven handles fitted with gilt-metal curved blades
Twelve handles fitted with gilt-metal three-tined forks (one handle broken through and repaired)
Twelve handles fitted with gilt-metal large dessert-spoons (one broken through and restored, another perhaps damaged beneath mount at top)
(slight rubbing to gilding throughout)
The handles 3½ in. (9 cm.) long (35)
Circa 1775, the mounts later
Each handle of shaped tapering form and quatrefoil section painted in pink, green and grey with loose bouquets and scattered flower-sprays, the end moulded with foliage scrolls and a band of pink quatrefoil flowerheads joined by gilt chain ornament and terminating in a moulded flowerhead, comprising:
Eleven handles fitted with gilt-metal curved blades
Twelve handles fitted with gilt-metal three-tined forks (one handle broken through and repaired)
Twelve handles fitted with gilt-metal large dessert-spoons (one broken through and restored, another perhaps damaged beneath mount at top)
(slight rubbing to gilding throughout)
The handles 3½ in. (9 cm.) long (35)
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