Estimate

600 - 800

Session 2

16 November 2021

Hammer Price

Description

French silver
Shaped stems with chased shells and scrolls decoration and engraved armorial
Paris, 2nd half of the 19th century, marked H. THOMAS and "Minerve 1er titre"

Forks: 18,5 cm Spoons: 19,0 cm
1169 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Hippolyte THOMAS was a Paris spoon goldsmith, registered 1845-1855.
In 1861 THOMAS associated himself with spoon maker Jean-Louis HÉNIN. Together they produced for ODIOT in order to fulfil Said Pacha's order of a 3000 pieces gilt silver cutlery set, replicating the one that had been made for Prince DEMIDOFF. Delivered in 1862, it was one of the largest commissions ever received by ODIOT.
The mark was cancelled in August 1865.
A spoon by H. Thomas is conserved at the Metropolitan Museum in New York