A twelve-person cutlery set with case (Barretina) D. Maria I, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816) 833/1000 silver cutlery set consisting of soup ladle, rice spoon, 12 meat knives, 12 meat forks, 6 teaspoons, straining spoon, sugar ladle, 2 small spades for salt and pepper, mahogany case with brass mounts , velvet lined interior with gilkt bordure Portuguese signs of use, minor faults on the veneer, clasp with defect silver with Oporto assay mark (1792-1803), Miguel Gonçalves Araújo maker's mark (1782-1803) Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 38 x 24 x 31 cm; Peso - 3.761 g.