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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA
Lot 180*

A set of twelve Imperial dinner forks from the dowry service of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna
marks of Chawner and Co., workmaster George W. Adams, London, 1851, with French import marks and later Soviet marks

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

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

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A set of twelve Imperial dinner forks from the dowry service of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna

marks of Chawner and Co., workmaster George W. Adams, London, 1851, with French import marks and later Soviet marks
decorated with floral branches and leaves along the stem, handles with cast and chased Imperial Coat of Arms, reverse of the handle with crossed letters 'E' and 'M' under the Russian Imperial crown
length of each: 21 cm 98 1/4 in). (12)

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PROVENANCE:
Acquired by an American businessman in Moscow, at the Torgsin store on 18 August 1931

A large silver service, comprising a large number of tableware, tea and dessert items was ordered in London in 1850-1851 in preparation for the marriage of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna to the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Most of the serving pieces were made by Hunt & Roskell, and flatware was made by Chawner and Co, the most important British maker of flatware pieces.

Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna of Russia (28 August 1827–12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, youngest son of Tsar Paul I, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. On 6 February 1851 in St. Petersburg, Ekaterina married Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824–76), second son of Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779–1860) and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1796–1880).

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