By Faberge, a late-19th century Russian silver Fiddle pattern canteen for twelve,

By Faberge, a late-19th century Russian silver Fiddle pattern canteen for twelve,
Moscow 1896, some pieces with Faberge's mark overstamping another, possibly M.A,
the terminals with a monogram, comprising: twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, eighteen hors d'oeuvres forks, twelve tablespoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve teaspoons, a soup ladle, a basting spoon, and six serving pieces, in a fitted pig-skin lined wooden case with brass handles and applied with an initialled silver monogramed cartouche, the interior of the cover with the Imperial Eagle, Faberge and Moscow and St. Petersburg, approx. weighable 144oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection
Purchased from Olympia Antiques Fair, London, June 2014.
With Hancocks and Co., 1 Burlington Gardens, London, 4th March 1981.