TWO GILT-GILT BUTTER SHOVELS, STRASSBURG

Strassburg 1771 -89

Maker: Widow Fritz

Simple, decorated with a geometric frieze, one engraved with the initial R in a floral wreath, the other engraved on the reverse with “EA,” the handles of blackened pearwood, the first with hallmarks on the bowl: recognition and master silversmith, and on the underside a small guarantee mark used from 1809 to 1819; the second with hallmarks on the underside: recognition and master silversmith; above: Foreign Works 1798–1809, large and medium Paris hallmarks, used from 1809 to 1819

Length: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in) and 23 cm (9 in)

Gross weight: 108 g (3.5 oz.)

Provenance

Christie’s Auction, Geneva, May 12, 1983, Lot 156 (for the first piece).

Stern family;

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