COSTLY BANQUET SERVICE.
CONSISTS OF 2200 PIECES.
A fine example of the goldsmith's art has been on exhibition at Vienna. It is the new gold banquet service made for King Zoe, of Athania. It is the first thing of its kind ever supplied to Europe's newest kingdom. The service consists of 2200 pieces, all of which were made entirely by hand in the style of the late baroque period by twenty artist-workers, who worked 28,000 hours at the task. The pieces were all designed by Professor Prutcher, of the . Vienna Academy. Some four kilograms of gold were employed in the triple fire process of gilding the service, which is made of 300 kilograms of sterling silver. Each piece bears the royal arms of Athania.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3438, 3 March 1932, Page 3
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124COSTLY BANQUET SERVICE. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3438, 3 March 1932, Page 3
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