Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020
Lot 690
A 19th century French silver part dinner service
Estimate £12,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £13000
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Description
A 19th century French silver part dinner service,
two makers, Paris 1809-1819, maker's marks JB over GA in a lozenge and A over LC in a lozenge,
with a stiff leaf border, engraved with an armorial, comprising: eight dinner plates, a set of four larger plates, a large oval meat platter, three pairs of graduated meat platters, a pair of large circular platters, and a single circular platter, plus a matching German deep circular dish, by Hessenburg, Frankfurt, diameter of dinner plates 27.4cm, length of largest platter 62.5cm, approx. weight 940oz. (23)
Provenance:
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House.