A set of Saxon silver folding cutlery - image-1

Lot 1174 D‡α

A set of Saxon silver folding cutlery

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.016 € (incl. premium)
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A set of Saxon silver folding cutlery

Silver and steel cutlery set comprising a two-pronged fork and knife. The pistol-shaped handles with figures of soldiers at the terminals and inlaid with tortoiseshell attached with decorative silver studs. Engraved with a small coat-of-arms with crossed swords. In the original fitted leather case. L 16 cm.
The silver unmarked, the blade with a smithy mark, Saxony, late 17th C.

Literature

Cf. the fork of an almost identical set of cutlery in the collection of Jochen Amme illus. in Historische Bestecke, Stuttgart 2002, no. 457. Cf. also Marquardt, Europäisches Essbesteck aus acht Jahrhunderten, Stuttgart 1997, no. 261.