Lot 6727
Friedrich Wilhelm IV and King Wilhelm I of Prussia- Six silver forks and one knife with monogram
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Six silver forks with relief decor: obverse with crowned eagle surrounded by rocailles, reverse crowned monogram (one fork monogram “RW”). Four stippled with assay mark “L” or “M,” assay mark of the second assay master, maker's mark “HUMBERT&SOHN”; 5th fork with the same monogram, stippled with assay mark “K,” “HOSSAUER BERLIN.” Sixth fork with crescent moon, crown, fineness “800” and “GEBR.FRIEDLÄNDER.” Length: 22.3 cm, total weight of forks: 651 gr. Also included a knife with steel blade. On the hilt an indistinct emblem with eagle beneath crown, stippled with “15LOT” and “HOSSAUER.” Length: 25.2 cm. Cf. Scheffler, nos. 14, 15, 16, 22, 1849, 1961a. Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (King of Prussia 1840–1861), Wilhelm I., King of Prussia 1861 to 1888 and, following the founding of the Empire in 1871, first german Emperor.Condition: I - II Questions about the lot?
