FLATWARE SERVICE FOR 12
Manufacturer: Josef Carl von Klinkosch (1822 Vienna – 1888 Vienna)
Date: Vienna ca 1880
Material: leather lined canteen with interior dear leather lining
Silver hallmarked with Diana head (800) and master mark “JCK” (J.C. Klinkosch); monogrammed “EHB” (for Edward Hugessen, 1st Lord of Brabourne)
Measurements: H 20 x W 57 x D 33
Description: 163 pieces in 3 trays for 12 people:
24 table forks, 24 table knives, 12 dessert forks, 12 dessert knives, 12 fruit knives (with silver blades), 12 table spoons, 12 dessert spoons, 12 coffee spoons, 12 mocca spoons, 6 salt spoons
6 salt cellars, 1 soup ladle, 1 milk ladle, 2 sauce ladles, 2 gravy spoons, 2 meat serving forks, 2 asparagus tongues, 1 fish serving knife, 1 fish serving slice, 1 ivory salad fork, 1 ivory salad spoon, 1 butter knife, 1 cheese knife, 1 sugar tongues, 1 ice serving spoon, 1 sugar sifter
Provenance: Family Mountbatten of Burma