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A flatware service presented by Ludvig NobelGrachev, maker's initials K.P, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908 image 1
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A flatware service presented by Ludvig Nobel
Grachev, maker's initials K.P, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

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A flatware service presented by Ludvig Nobel

Grachev, maker's initials K.P, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908
comprising 12 table spoons, 12 table forks, 12 meat knives (10 with replacement blades), 12 tea spoons (one replacement), 12 dessert spoons, 12 dessert forks, 10 cheese knives with replacement blades, each engraved HM for Hjalmar and Maria Lindquist in original fitted case marked Grachev, St. Petersburg with engraved MH to cover, cardboard lining case; together with 5 additional period Grachev implements with engraved monograms, including a sauce ladle, soup ladle, lemon fork, sugar spoon and sift (unboxed), 84 standard
dimensions of box: 45.3 x 29cm x 14.4cm (17 13/16 x 11 7/16 x 5 11/16in). (75)

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PROVENANCE:
Gifted by Ludvig Nobel to Mr and Mrs Hjalmar Lindquist
Thence by descent

The silver flatware is presented with the calling cards of Mr and Mrs Ludvig Nobel and Harald Berg.

Hjalmar Ossian Lindquist (1871-1940) was a Swedish engineer who served as a Director for the Nobel Company in Baku. He arrived in Russia in 1895, married Maria in 1902 and left Petrograd in 1918.

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