Top cabinet with extensive silver cutlery for 24 people Silver and mahogany, veneered. 280 pieces; 48 dinner knives, 48 dinner forks, 24 dinner spoons, 24 fish knives, 24 fish forks, 24 dessert knives, 24 dessert forks, 24 ice-cream spoons, 24 teaspoons, 16 serving pieces including salad servers, soup ladle, fish servers, serving spoons and forks. Profiled, conical handle, decorated with shell decoration on both sides. Some of the cutting edges with fine engraved decoration. The cabinet top cabinet with moulded base plate over strongly pressed ball feet. From this, two conical, gadrooned baluster columns as supports for a single-door architrave. High rectangular, two-door top with moulded cornice, crowned by two corresponding godroned balusters. A total of seven drawers with compartments for cutlery. Silver plaque in the cornice with dedication to "Mr Waldemar von Dippel". With key. Cutlery model no. 034/1891, marked 800, maker's mark. Total weight approx. 16110 g. (Weight without filled parts approx. 10470 g.). H. 190 cm. 100 cm x 55 cm. Cf. cat. Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Silber für die Welt, p. 205. An extensive German 280-piece silver cutlery for 24 persons in large mahogany cabinet with key. Standard mark 800, maker's marks. German. Heilbronn. Bruckmann & Sons. Late 19th cent.