7154 - A gift from the Guard Cuirassier Regiment to Major Baron von Knorr, circa 1825

A gift from the Guard Cuirassier Regiment to Major Baron von Knorr, circa 1825 Silver, steel blades, wood, deerskin, brass. A cutlery set with neoclassical decoration for two people, consisting of two forks, two knives, two spoons, one ladle, two egg cups, two small spoons, two knife rests, one spice box with two compartments, one drinking cup, and one corkscrew. All pieces except the knife rests, knives, and corkscrew are marked with a tremolo line, inspection marks with “K” and “A,” and master’s marks (“HUMBERT” or “LH”) Monogram “BvK” for Baron von Knorr; sharp blades by “J.A. HENCKELS, SOLINGEN.” Lengths: Ladle 33 cm, cutlery pieces 14.5–26.5 cm; heights: Cups and egg cups approx. 7.5 cm, weight 740 g (excluding knives). In a red leather-covered case (with occasional tears and scuffs); on the hinged lid, an oval silver plaque engraved “To Major Baron von Knorr / The Officer Corps of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment,” case dimensions 45.5 x 23.5 x 8.5 cm, with key. For the silver, see Scheffler, nos. 1388, 1455, 1508. Partially slightly damaged, with signs of wear and age. On the occasion of Major von Knorr’s retirement from active duty, this officer’s gift was commissioned from Johann George Humbert (1770–1837), then Berlin’s foremost goldsmith and silversmith, who became court jeweler to King Frederick William III in 1825. Sittig von Knorr died in 1847 as a retired lieutenant colonel; he was lord of Sollstedt and Breitenbich, became administrator of the district office in Mühlhausen in 1837, and a member of the Provincial Diet of Saxony in 1839. A unique, early gift to a high-ranking officer. Condition: II