1698 - Christofle, France. Silver plated flatware including multiple patterns and total of 325 pieces. The majority with the crest of Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil. Patterns include motifs of wheat ears, pineapple, flowers, and olives. Including: 1 fish server, 2 cake or pie servers (one of triangular form and one of rounded form), 8 ladles of varying sizes, 1 pr sugar tongs, 1 pr asparagus tongs, 12 "Croisillon" bottle coasters or decanter/carafe bases, 36 knives, 2 scissors, 18 small spoons, 18 three-pronged forks, 18 seafood or cocktail forks, 17 fish serving or carving forks, 8 salt spoons, 1 serving fork, 18 forks, 18 soup spoons, 18 surgar sifter spoons, 18 spoons, 3 serving spoons, 3 serving forks, 18 large spoons, 36 large forks, 6 skewers, 36 butter knives, 3 nutcrackers, 1 large knife, 1 leg-of-ham holder, 1 bone serving spoon, and 1 bone serving fork. In a custom Emile Pinteaux wooden chest with dove tail joints, brass corners and handle and fitted interior trays. 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. (Flatware) Length ranges from 4 in to 13 in; width ranges from 3/4 in to 3 3/4 in. (Shipping dimensions) Height: 15 1/4 in x width: 22 1/4 in x depth: 16 1/4 in. Gross weight, approximate: 19,822 g.