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A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT TABLE-SPOONS AND TABLE-FORKS FROM THE HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS SERVICE
MARK OF PIERRE-BENOIT LORILLON, PARIS, 1809-1819
A SET OF TWELVE FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT TABLE-SPOONS AND TABLE-FORKS FROM THE HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS SERVICE MARK OF PIERRE-BENOIT LORILLON, PARIS, 1809-1819 The handles chased with palmettes on one side, the other with the French Imperial arms below a crown and above the initial 'H', further struck with the figure of the goddess Diana, all with egg-and-dart border, each piece marked on handle , with a later brown gilt-tooled leather box 71 oz. 13 dwt. (2,228 gr.) The arms are those of Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837). (24)