SPEISEBESTECK für 12 Personen, "Spaten", Christofle, Paris, bestehend aus 12 Speise-Gabeln/Messern/Löffeln, 12 Vorspeise-Gabeln/Löffeln/Messer (eines verschieden), 12 Kaffeelöffel, 8 Vorlegeteilen, 10 Messerbänkchen, einem Schwert als Spieß, versilbert, in passendem Kasten mit vergoldetem Monogramm "SK" *anbei 12 versilberte Kuchengabeln (verschieden), 11 Mokkalöffelchen (verschieden) u. ein weiter Spieß mit AdlerabschlussThe story behind the dinner service of Sophie Kaulbach’s Dinner Service which became part of Anna Stark's Nachlass.The letters on the lid of the case containing the silver cutlery are SK the monogram of Sophia (Sophie) Josephina Maria Schroll who received this case as a wedding present when she married Hermann Kaulbach, the well-known artist, on 3rd June 1871 in Munich, and she became known as Sophie Kaulbach.When Sophie died in 1920, the case was inherited by Dorothea, her elder daughter. (Interestingly Dorothea’s husband, Dr Ferdinand May inherited an identical case of dinner service from his mother, Anna Brey, so Dorothea had two sets of dinner service in her possession ). When Dorothea died the case was inherited by one of her daughters , Lisl, or may even have been presented to Elizabeth (Lisl) May when she married Bernhard Stark . The Starks had three daughters, and the case eventually was inherited by the youngest of them, Anna who became the last owner.