A Set of Ten Louis Xvi Silver Second-Course Dishes

Each shaped circular hexafoil, the rims with ribbon-tied laurel moldings, three engraved with Russian Imperial armorials, the bases prick-engraved No. 3 and stamped 3, marked under rims: charge, date-letter (T) and maker; on the rims: decharge for objects going abroad; with later French control marks; together with two modern examples, apparently unmarked

Estimate:£20,000

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