Two Russian silver and parcel-gilt serving sets Fabergé, St. Petersburg 1908-1917, stamped...

Two Russian silver and parcel-gilt serving sets
Fabergé, St. Petersburg 1908-1917, stamped 84 zolotnik
Each original fitted case comprising of a pair of two-tine serving forks, a serving trowel, a cheese knife, an asparagus server, a cake knife, one set with embossed handles decorated with ribbon-tied laurel garlands in the classical taste, the other with scrolling interlaced foliate motifs, length cheese knife 20cm. (12)
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Provenance
Acquired by Ennio De Concini (1923 - 2008) in 1960s
Thence by descent

Ennio De Concini (1923-2008) was a famous Italian screenwriter and film director and winner of the Academy Award in 1962 for the 'Best Original Screenplay' for the celebrated classics Divorce Italian Style. He was the co-screenwriter of The Red Tent, a 1969 Soviet-Italian film starring Sean Connery based on the story of the 1928 mission to rescue Umberto Nobile and the other survivors of the crash of the airship Italia. Among the 60 films to De Concini's credit are The Twist (1976), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), War and Peace (1956) etc.