Mother-of-pearl Travel Cutlery Set In Shagreen Case

Travel set consisting of a knife and a three-tined fork. Both pieces of silver and steel cutlery with mother-of-pearl handles decorated with scrolls.

Gold ferrules and collar.

Small grain shagreen case with cutlery set in opposition.

On the fork are the “Swan” hallmark (manufacturer's hallmark) and the “trefle de passage” (regulatory hallmark certifying that the object has been inspected and validated by the authorities when it entered France).

Condition: Restoration on the mother-of-pearl handles of the knife and fork.

Reference: similar model with opposite cutlery (different handles) page 91 n°154 in the book Hollander / n 133 ‘Couverts’ coll J. Hollander.

Dimensions: length of fork 16,8 cm x knife 19,3 cm x case 19,9 cm.

Europe made in the early of the XIXth century