A pair of Louis XVI late 18^th century French provincial silver and Nymphenburg porcelain handled dessert knives, Nancy 1778-82, cutlers mark of a crowned heart (untraced)

The plain blades marked with the Warden’s mark for first (959) standard for Antoine-Francois Platel (active 1778-82). The German hard paste porcelain handles with polychrome decoration of flower sprigs reserved with gilt, the base with a bird atop a branch within garden trellises. (2)

Length – 20 cm / 7.9 inches

Une paire de couteaux de province Louis XVI en argent et porcelaine de Nymphenburg, Nancy 1778-82, couteliers marquent un cœur couronné (non identifié)

This cutlers mark is not illustrated in the list of marks published in Les orfèvres de Lorraine et de Sedan (1994) Claude-Gérard Cassan.

Two pairs of base metal forks and knives mounted with similar Nymphenburg handles was sold Bonham’s Edinburgh, 10 April 2019, lot 39 (£701 incl. premium)