Antique French Sterling Silver & Ebony Handle 12pc Dinner Knife Set, 2pc Serving miniature painting also typical of the materials

also typical of the materials used

She further has a fine cashmere (Kasimir) shawl which would have been a luxury item in her time

the silversmith mark is slightly obscured but appears to be for George Betjenmann & Sons

One can speculate that perhaps they represent 3 children lost to childhood disease

and probably done by those same artists

Antique French Sterling Silver & Ebony Handle 12pc Dinner Knife Set, 2pc Serving miniature painting also typical of the materialsMarvelous, hard to find set of twelve antique Louis Philippe to Napoleon III era French sterling silver & ebony wood handled 9. 5" dinner sized knife set with matching meat serving 12 3 4" knife & 11 5 8" fork and all with unique monogrammed & figural ornamented steel blades! This is one of four great old French table knife sets that we're adding this week but don't let that fool you as to how hard they are to find. I've gathered these up over the