Lot 29
  • 29

A German silver three-piece dressing table set, Hermann Bauer, Schwäbisch Gmünd, circa 1900

Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
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Description

  • Silver
  • knives 21.6cm., 8 1/2in. long
plain hammered form, engraved with the monogram M below a princely crown, comprising; hand mirror, hair brush, and clothes brush, mirror 26cm., 10 1/4 in. long, together with six pairs of German silver fish knives and forks, Gebruder Friedlander, Berlin, circa 1900, rococo style with scrolling vacant cartouches and engraved blades, loaded, 800 standard

Condition

All pieces in good condition. The mirror of the hand mirror would possibly benefit replacement. One or two knife blades fitting badly in their handles.
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Catalogue Note

The dressing table set is engraved with the monogram for Princess Marianne of Prussia (1913-1983), the daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia.