Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild - 5th October 2022
Lot 143
A FINE SET OF TWELVE WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT MOUNTED FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £6000
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Description
A FINE SET OF TWELVE WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT MOUNTED FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS
BY RAWLINGS AND SUMMERS, LONDON 1836
the blades and tines with engraved borders and with a coronet, the porcelain handles possibly by Sevres, decorated with birds in a turquoise surround and with gilt highlights, in two fitted trays (24)
Provenance
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House