RUSSIAN SILVER PART TABLE SERVICE FOR SIX PERSONS, 28 PIECES Mark of Nicholls & Plincke (?) with the Imperial Warrant, and other makers, St Petersburg, 19th century

Comprising 28 pieces: six table knives with silver handles and steel blades, six table forks, six tablespoons, six teaspoons, a cake server, a pair of sugar tongs, a serving spatula and a serving ladle. The handles engraved with the monogram ‘M’ beneath a crown, predominantly of fiddle pattern. Hallmarks: Various hallmarks, including 84 silver standard, the coat of arms of St Petersburg, assay master’s mark with the date 1870, mark ‘N.P’ (for Nicholls & Plincke ?) and the Imperial Warrant, and further maker’s marks on various objects including in Cyrillic ‘PK’ and ‘MK’, ‘AkhK’ silver and steel (steel blades Dimensions: Table knives: L. 25 cm Table forks: L. 21.5 cm Tablespoons: L. 22.5 cm Teaspoons: L. 14.5 cm Cake server: L. 20 cm Sugar tongs: L. 15 cm Serving spatula: L. 14.5 cm Serving ladle: L. 18 cm total gross weight: 2,669 gr. Condition: One knife of a differing pattern; signs of age and use.