A Russian Parcel-Gilt Silver Flatware Service

Comprising: twenty-four tablespoons, twenty-four dessert spoons, twenty-four dinner forks, twenty-four dessert forks, twenty-four table knives, twenty-three dessert knives, two shell-shaped butter dishes, four shell-shaped salts, two serving spoons, two asparagus tongs, one soup-ladle; the handles chased with foliate scrolls and rocaille ornaments, the shell-shaped dishes and salts on three shell-shaped feet, all but two pieces engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Koskull family below a count’s coronet, marked throughout with maker’s marks; in a fitted velvet-lined wooden case with three lift-out trays

Estimate:£20,000

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