228-piece Russian dinner set for 24 persons in a blackened French cutlery box by Morel & Cie orfèves Bijouteries Rue N°9 St. Augustin à Paris for the Barons von Rothschild, Frankfurt, with the motto "Concordia Inegritas Industria".
Note: Of the total of 228 silver pieces, at least 50 pieces were made by different silversmiths for the Vladimirov company. This company was based in St. Petersburg, Nevsky pr. 31, and supplied, among others, Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (1838-1900), great-granddaughter of Tsar Paul I and married to the third son of Tsar Nicholas I, Nikolai (1831-1891). The company can be traced from the end of the 19th century until the end of the Tsarist Empire.
Lit.: Alexander Nikolaevich Ivanov, Gold and silversmiths in Russia (1600-1926), vol. 1, Moscow 2002, pp. 178-9.
Russian silver cutlery:
24 large spoons: St. Petersburg 1861, Master: Fresen, Fredrich Achates. (No. 147a), Inspection: Brandenburg, Eduard Federovich (no. 1208; 1850-1866).
24 large forks: 12x Moscow 1831, maker: ........ = PR, assay: Dubrowin, Nikolai Lukitsch (no. 614; 1822-1855); 3 x St. Petersburg 1843, Master: Fischer, Carl Christian (No. 1396); until 1842), Inspection: Tverskoj, Dimitrij Ilitsch (no. 1205; 1834-1850); 3 x St. Petersburg 1844, Master: Ruth, Andus Wilhelm (no. 1366; 1842/1850-), Proving: Tveskoy, Dimitriy Ilyich (no. 1205; 1834-1850); 6 x St. Petersburg 1908-. 1917, Master .... = K.S. for Vladimirov.
24 large knives: 12 x Moscow 1831, Master .... = PR, inspection: Dubrovin, Nikolai Lukich (No. 614; 1822-1855); 12 x St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master .... = K.S.
24 medium spoons: 6 x St. Petersburg 1844, master A.B, inspection: Tverskoy, Dimitri Ilitsch (no. 1205; 1834-1850); 18 x St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master ... = K.S. for Vladimirov.
24 medium forks: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master ... = K.S. for Vladimirov. 24 medium knives: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master Bragin, Andrej Stephanovich (No. 1224, 1852 - ).
24 teaspoons: St. Petersburg 1861, Master: 1470 Fresen, Frederik Agates (1810/29/32/39-55), assay: 1208 Brandenburg. Eduard Federovich (1850-1866). 23 Mocca spoon: St. Petersburg 1908-1907, Master: 1340 Holström, August Wilhelm (1829/50/57) and (adopted) son Albert Holström (1876-1925).
24 fruit knives: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master: 1224 Bragin Andrej Stephanovich (1852/88/97).
12 salt vessels: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master ...= S.P. in oval.
4 meat forks: St.Petersburg 1908-1917, Master A.L.
2 large serving spoons: 1x Moscow 1841, Master ... = K.P., inspection: Dubrovin, Nikolai Lukich (No. 614; 1822-1855); 1x St. Petersburg 1852, Master: 1470 Fresen, Frederik Achates (1810/29/32/39-55); Proof: 1207 Mitini, Alexander Nikolayevich (1842-1877).
2 presentation pieces: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master: 1224, A. Bragin for Vladimirov.
Sugar tongs: St. Petersburg 1861, maker: CGE 1394 Ekqvist, Carl Gustav (1800-1868), Inspection: 1207 Mitin, Alexander Nikolajewitsch (1842-1877).
Serving fork, small: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master J.A.
Soup ladle: Koskau 1838, Master: 1034 Frolov, Fedor (1823-1838), Inspection: 614 Dubrovin, Nicolai Lukich (1822-1855).
Sauce ladle: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master: ... = K.S.
Tea strainer: St. Petersburg 1861, Master: 1394, Ekqvist, Carl Gustav (1800-1868), Inspection: 1208, Brandenburg, Eduard Fedorowitsch (1850-1866).
Small gilded 3-pointed fork: St. Petersburg 1908-1917, Master A.L.
Dimensions:
Height: 43.0 cm | 16.93 in.
Width: 55.0 cm | 21.65 in.
Depth: 48.0 cm | 18.9 in.