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1696 - Christofle, France. Pair of silver plate double salt cellars with three extra bowls, circa 1844-1872. Each featuring a youth atop the base seated between the two cellars. Each stand stamped with a "Christofle" hallmark in a rectangular cartouche, numbered "15" in square cartouches, and the Christofle scale silversmith's hallmark along the underside. Each further numbered; one numbered 783385 and one numbered 783386 along the underside of a foot. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 1966-1968. Provenance: Commissioned by Prince Mustafa Fazil Pasha for the occasion of his daughter, Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil’s marriage to Ali Khalil Pasha. Family stories hold that the Princess Nazli sent this set of Christofle through the desert by camel to be used for a peace treaty dinner between the Ottomans and the Russians (likely the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878); Thence by descent. (Each) Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 6 1/2 in x depth: 3 1/2 in. Gross weight: 1,312.9 g.
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Christofle, France. Pair of silver plate double salt cellars with three extra bowls, circa 1844-1872. Each featuring a youth atop the base seated between the two cellars. Each stand stamped with a "Christofle" hallmark in a rectangular cartouche, numbered "15" in square cartouches, and the Christofle scale silversmith's hallmark along the underside. Each further numbered; one numbered 783385 and one numbered 783386 along the underside of a foot. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 1966-1968. Provenance: Commissioned by Prince Mustafa Fazil Pasha for the occasion of his daughter, Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil’s marriage to Ali Khalil Pasha. Family stories hold that the Princess Nazli sent this set of Christofle through the desert by camel to be used for a peace treaty dinner between the Ottomans and the Russians (likely the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878); Thence by descent. (Each) Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 6 1/2 in x depth: 3 1/2 in. Gross weight: 1,312.9 g.
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