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Victorian Austrian Silver Agate Fish Cheese Dessert Set browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Decorative Art:Metals:Silver:Continental: Pre 1920: item # 854840
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A very handsome and rare 12-piece service worked in 800 silver with banded agate handles. The shape of the knives would suggest that the set was intended for use during the fish service, but sets such as this often did double duty for the cheese and dessert courses, as well. The scimitar-shaped blades are gilt and decorated with bright-cut engraving of ivy leaves. The fork tines, also gilt, are accented with matching engraving on the back and acanthus leaf decoration just above the ferules. The tines and blades are entirely silver. The handles are beautifully-striated agate in tones of caramel, amber and cream. Each piece is stamped with the hallmark used in Vienna from 1872 until 1922 and with the maker’s mark “JC”. Origin: Austria, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, gilding intact, no chips or cracks to handles. Size: knives, 7-3/4” long; forks, 6-3/4” long. |
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