Folding, nesting and removable silver travel... - Lot 531 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Nevers

Lot 531
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Folding, nesting and removable silver travel... - Lot 531 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Nevers
Folding, nesting and removable silver travel cutlery. The handle of the fork is decorated with a Roman warrior, surmounting a pilaster where a draped woman's head slides, activating the folding system of the fork with three tines. The forkhead surmounted by a female face surrounded by scrolls. The spoon engraved S.V.I. on the reverse. The Roman warrior unscrewing to form toothpick. In its cardboard case covered with decorated leather. Work of Flanders of the beginning of the XVIIth century. L_(fork)_15,4 cm L(spoon)_6,3 cm L(total)_18 cm Spoon weight: 47.72 grams We can bring closer this cutlery of that preserved in the Museum of the Arts of the table of the abbey of Belleperche, Tarn and Garonne. From a French example dated around 1600 and kept in the museum of Ecouen. Another one kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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