A French silver-gilt covered ecuelle, stand and flatware, Jean-Henri Oertel, Strasburg, 1782, within fitted leather case

An Imperial Gift

A French silver-gilt covered ecuelle, stand and flatware, Jean-Henri Oertel, Strasburg, 1782, within fitted leather case

comprising an ecuelle with stand, a fork, a spoon and a knife, the ecuelle circular plain body presenting two handles pierced with foliage, scrolls and rosettes, the domed cover with foliage border engraved and chased with bunches of roses within oval medallions on matted ground surrounded by garlands and laurel branches on matted ground, the cover with rose-shaped finial, the shaped-circular stand with foliage border chased and engraved with matted panels decorated with floral garlands, engraved with later coat-of-arms of Marquis and Marquess de Scorailles on stand, cover and on fork and spoon, the modern knife by Puiforcat, Paris, modern

stand: diam: 10¼in.; ecuelle: diam: 6 7⁄8; weight without the knives 75,5 oz ; 26 cm; 17, 5 cm ; 21408 gr.

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Ecuelle couverte et son présentoir, avec couverts, en vermeil par Jean-Henri Oertel, Strasbourg, 1782, dans son écrin en maroquin fauve

comprenant fourchette, cuillère et couteau, les oreilles de l'écuelle repercées de feuillages, le couvercle bombé ciselé de bouquets de roses à prise en rose, gravée post. des armoiries du marquis de Scorailles, le couteau moderne par Puiforcat, Paris

stand: diam: 10¼in.; ecuelle: diam: 6 7⁄8; weight without the knives 75,5 oz ; 26 cm; 17, 5 cm ; 21408 gr.