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KING GEORGE I OF THE HELLENES FRENCH BANQUETING SERVICE AN EXTENSIVE FRENCH SILVER, IVORY AND EBONY BANQUETING SERVICE
MARK OF GUSTAVE KELLER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
KING GEORGE I OF THE HELLENES FRENCH BANQUETING SERVICE AN EXTENSIVE FRENCH SILVER, IVORY AND EBONY BANQUETING SERVICE MARK OF GUSTAVE KELLER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880 Husk and Wreath pattern, each applied with Greek cypher below Greek Royal crown, comprising; Fifty table-spoons One hundred and forty-five table-forks Fifty dessert-spoons Forty-eight dessert-forks Forty-eight tea-spoons Forty-nine coffee-spoons Forty-nine ice-cream spoons, with ivory handles Fifty fish-knives, with ebony handles Fifty fish-forks, with ebony handles Fifty oyster-forks, with ebony handles One hundred and fifty-eight table knives with ebony handles and steel blades Fifty cheese-knives, with ivory handles and steel blades Fifty dessert-knives, with ivory handles and silver blades Six pairs of fish-servers Six pairs of asparagus-servers, with ebony handles Six sugar sifting-spoons Six strawberry-spoons Six compote-ladles Six pairs of ice-cream servers, with ivory handles Six sauce-ladles Four pairs of salad-servers Four pairs of sugar-tongs Four paté-servers Four cheese-serving knives, with ivory handles A soup-ladle, with ivory handle Each engraved or inset with Greek cypher below Greek Royal crown, the steel blades stamped 'Afentakis Rastfrei Made in Greece', each marked , in a fitted oak case with twelve drawers each with engraved numbered plaque detailing the contents and two scroll silver handles, the cover with a plaque engraved with Greek cypher below Greek Royal crown, the interior door with metal support engraved 'Gustave Keller, Fabricant Orfevre, 22 Rue Joubert, Paris' weighable silver 833 oz. (25,930 gr.) The cypher is that of King George I of the Hellenes, Prince of Denmark (1845-1913). (922)