ungilded plater (frame), sterling silver 800 ( handles), gilded steel (blades); frame - H 19 cm, W 20.5 cm, D 11 cm; knives - L 17.3 cm.
Germany, late 19th century.
Pedestal on a circular, exalted foot, decorated with a band of ornament with Neo-Renaissance motifs; the shaft is smooth, ending in a rim with notches, from which two handles in the form of figures of winged dragons supporting a ribbon half-arc with notches for embedding knives.
The blades of the knives are gilded, the handles are spindly, dovetailed, decorated on the rim with acanthus leaves.
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