Ménagère de 121 pièces en argent par Francis Higgins, Londres, 1877 et Hunt & Roskell, Londres, 1881

gravée d'un chiffre timbré d'une couronne princière, comprenant: 12 cuillères de table (table spoons), 12 fourchettes de table (table forks), 12 couteaux de table (table knives), 12 cuillères à entremets (dessert spoons), 12 fourchettes à entremets (dessert forks), 12 couteaux à fromage (cheese knives), 12 fourchettes à gâteau (cake forks), 6 fourchettes à huitre (oyster forks), 6 pièces de service (serving pieces),  12 cuillères avec cuilleron en vermeil, auxquels on ajoute: 12 cuillères à glace en vermeil (silver gilt ice spoons) de modèle différent par Hunt & Roskell, Londres, 1904-1905 et une louche (soup laddle) par Laslier (Puiforcat succ)

3 oyster forks, and the 12 parcel-gilt silver dessert spoons, D. Vollgold & Sohn, Berlin, late 19th century, few parcel-gilt silver spoons' bowls slightly bent
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Le chiffre est celui des princes Fürstenberg, probablement pour Maximilian von Fürstenberg (1862-1929).