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Silver and silver-plated cutlery set.
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Silver and silver-plated cutlery set.
See original version (French)
Estimate €7,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Silver and silver-plated cutlery set.
Decorated with friezes of laurel wreaths, acanthus leaves and flowering foliage.
It comprises: 15 soup spoons, 21 forks, 22 knives, 4 sugar tongs, 2 strawberry scoops, 2 dusting spoons, 1 sauce spoon, 1 leg-of-lamb tongs, 1 fruit spoon, 1 tart server, 2 butter knives, 2 cream spoons, 5 petit four servers, 4 petit four forks, 1 petit four knife, 18 teaspoons, 4 fish cutlery sets, 1 dessert cutlery set, 1 salad cutlery set, 3 serving knives, 1 ice cream scoop, 6 shellfish forks, 12 oyster forks, 6 silver-plated shellfish forks, 2 small silver-plated butter knives, 5 dessert forks, 12 medium spoons, 12 forks, 12 soup spoons, 2 large serving spoons and 1 large ladle.
In its wooden chest, which opens via a hinged lid and has six drawers at the front.
Some pieces are marked with two interlaced letters. Some knife blades are engraved with ‘Pesty Orléans’.
Minerva hallmark.
214 pieces in total.
Total net weight: 8,576 g. Total gross weight: 3,116 g.
Signs of wear.
Included: 18 knives with silver-plated metal and resin handles; 4 glass salt cellars; 1 fish knife, 1 serving knife and 1 silver-plated metal knife.
See original version (French)
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