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CARDEILHAC – 91 Rue de Rivoli, Paris.
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135
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CARDEILHAC – 91 Rue de Rivoli, Paris.
See original version (French)
Estimate €10,000 - €12,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CARDEILHAC – 91 Rue de Rivoli, Paris. A substantial, complete cutlery set in the Rocaille style
The handles are decorated with foliage and shell motifs, and bear a coat of arms on the reverse, or are sheathed in mother-of-pearl and engraved with the same coat of arms
It comprises:
- 12 pieces of table cutlery (12 forks and 12 spoons), 12 table knives
- 12 dessert cutlery sets (12 dessert forks and 12 dessert spoons), 24 dessert knives (with rounded blades; 12 of which have silver blades engraved with vine tendrils, whilst the other 12 have steel blades)
- Tart server
- Soup ladle
- Strawberry scoop
- Dusting spoon
- Sugar tongs
- Nutcracker
- Scissors
- 12 coffee spoons
- Leg of lamb serving cutlery (fork and knife)
- Fish serving cutlery (fork and knife)
- Salad serving cutlery (fork and spoon)
- Petit fours set (four pieces)
- 4 salt scoops
- Two sauce spoons
- Two ragout spoons
- One asparagus spoon
- One ladle
Silver (925/1000), Minerva hallmark, 1st standard
Silversmith’s hallmarks (EC ‘a crowned cross of honour, with a crescent below’, 1851–1904)
Net weight of solid silver pieces: 4,765 g
Gross weight of silver pieces lined with mother-of-pearl: 1,840 g
In two of the family’s cases, bearing the family coat of arms engraved on the trim
Signs of wear on the cases
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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