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Decorative Arts
Italian silver gilt travelling knife, fork and spoon
 Couverts du nécessaire de voyage, Italie 1810-15

Silver gilt knife, fork and spoon

c. 1810-15

A set of Italian 'couvert de voyage’ consisting of a knife, fork and spoon in silver gilt, decorated with bunches of grapes and vine leaves. With Italian proof marks for the city of Milan and the years 1810-15. These items may have been part of a larger travelling case. The hallmarking system of Lombardy and Veneto was approved by Eugene de Beauharnais, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia), on December 25, 1810 and was activated in 1812.