Traveling set with glass beaker in case, 1777–79, German, Augsburg, Gilded silver, steel, glass, dyed and gold-tooled leather, velvet, Length (Fork [a]): 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Some members of Central and Southeastern European sovereign dynasties never traveled without their cutlery set. This seemed a strange habit to French courtiers, who, during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, shared their knives at table
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Traveling set, glass beaker, case, 1777–79, German, Augsburg, Gilded silver, steel, glass, dyed, gold-tooled leather, velvet, Length, Fork, 7 7/8, 20 cm, Metalwork-Silver, members, Central, Southeastern European, sovereign, dynasties, never, traveled, cutlery, seemed, strange habit, French courtiers, late seventeenth, eighteenth centuries, shared, knives, table
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