RARE DESSERT KNIFE FROM THE TABLE OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE IER, KIN - Lot 147

RARE DESSERT KNIFE FROM THE TABLE OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE IER, KING OF THE FRENCH, AT THE CHÂTEAU D'EU. Engraved with the coat of arms of the last King of the French, azure with three golden fleur-de-lis and silver lambel surmounted by the closed crown, on a background of tricolor flags, with scepter and hand of justice in saltire. Net model Gilded metal L. 30 cm Hallmarks: de maître for Charles Christofle circa 1844-1848, with CHRISTOFLE stamp and EU mark. Designated in the Etat des Objets d'Argenture Christofle taken out of the Palais d'Eu and sent to England to the d'Orléans family after the February 1848 revolution (see ill. appendix cat.). Provenance : -Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, at Château d'Eu -his widow, Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French -his son, Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours -his son, Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duc d'Alençon -by descent. XD