Description
VIENNA 1866–1881
In its rectangular case with two hinged trays, bearing the manufacturer’s name and address: H. RATZERSDORFER GOLD - & SILBERWAREN-FABRIKANT - WIEN I. KOHLMARKT., 9: a set of dessert cutlery in gilded silver, the handles polychromatic enamelled with scenes inspired by antiquity and the Renaissance in a so-called ‘historicist’ style. The shafts are decorated with horned devils and fantastical heads on both the front and back.
Silversmith: Hermann RATZERSDORFER, 1843–1881
Hallmarks from 1866: the letter A for Vienna and 3 for the 800°/°° fineness, the silversmith’s initials: HR
Gross weight: 1,479 g – spoon length: 22 cm – fork: 21.2 cm – knife: 22.2 cm
Condition: the enamels and vermeil are in perfect condition
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