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PARIS: CARDEILHAC CHRISTOFLE BETWEEN 1951 AND 1972
See original version (French)
108
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PARIS: CARDEILHAC CHRISTOFLE BETWEEN 1951 AND 1972
See original version (French)
Estimate €7,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PARIS: CARDEILHAC CHRISTOFLE BETWEEN 1951 AND 1972
In its wooden chest with four drawers, lined with brown felt and fitted with a key, a substantial 925°/°° silver cutlery set, comprising 103 silver pieces, supplemented by 13 metal pieces. Shell-pattern design, unnumbered, with a rimmed spoon.
1st drawer:
- 12 place cutlery sets (12 spoons and 12 forks),
- 12 table knives with steel blades, marked CARDEILHAC France
2nd drawer:
- 12 fish cutlery sets (12 forks and 12 knives),
- 12 oyster forks,
- 1 fish serving cutlery set,
3rd drawer:
- 12 METAL cake forks, stamped ‘CHRISTOFLE’,
- 12 small spoons,
- 12 cheese knives with steel blades, marked ‘CARDEILHAC France’,
- 1 METAL cake server, in the standard design, with the blade marked ‘Christofle France’,
4th drawer:
- 1 ladle,
- 1 stew spoon and fork,
- 1 salad server
Net weight: 5460 g – gross weight: 7498 g
CHRISTOFLE acquired the CARDEILHAC business in 1951 and incorporated it into the company. The minerva engraved on the cutlery in this set bears the letter A, indicating the date on which the silver fineness was reduced from 950°/°° to 925°/°°.
See original version (French)
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