Thirty-Six Piece Louis XVI Silver Gilt Dessert Service, Jean-Jacques Kirstein, Strasbourg, 1779, in original tooled leather fitted case, chamois-lined interior housing twelve knives (l. 8 in.), spoons (l. 7 3/8 in.), and forks (l. 7 in.), fiddle thread and shell pattern. total wt. (weighable) 48.20 troy ozs. Provenance: A La Vieille Russie, NY, 1975; Estate of Caroline P. Ireland.

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