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A 36-piece French silver-gilt dessert flatware service, Gottffried Imlin & Jacob Heinrich Henri Alberti, Strasburg, 1768-1770

Auction Closed

October 14, 11:42 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A 36-piece French silver-gilt dessert flatware service, Gottffried Imlin & Jacob Heinrich Henri Alberti, Strasburg, 1768-1770 


shell pattern, comprising twelve forks and twelve spoons engraved with the Nicolay coat-of-arms, and twelve cheese knives with steel blades stamped PR HAMER, without coat-of-arms

length knife 8 in.; spoon 7 in.; fork 6,85 in.; total weight 74 oz.; 20,3 cm; 17,8 cm; 17,4 cm; 2100 g.

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Ensemble de 36 pièces de couverts à dessert en vermeil par Gottffried Imlin et Jacob Heinrich Henri Alberti, Strasbourg, 1768-1770


modèle filet coquille, comprenant douze fourchettes et cuillères gravées des armoiries de la famille de Nicolay, et douze couteaux à fromage, les lames en acier estampées PR HAMER, les manches sans armoiries

length knife 8 in.; spoon 7 in.; fork 6,85 in.; total weight 74 oz.; 20,3 cm; 17,8 cm; 17,4 cm; 2100 g.

J. Kugel, Paris, 2015

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J. Kugel, Paris, 2015

The arms are those of Nicolay, probably for Count Antoine-Chrestien de Nicolay, later Marshall of France, who was commissioning silver in Strasbourg in the late 1760s; see note to lot 829.