Estimate

3.200 - 3.400

Session 1

22 November 2022

Hammer Price

Description

French gilt silver
Maker Charles MÉRITE, comprising of 12 forks (l.18 cm), 12 spoons (l.18.5 cm), 12 fruit knives with gilt blades (l. 20 cm), 12 cheese knives with steel blades (l.20.6 cm) of laurel and acanthus garlands decoration
The spatula of chiselled marriage heraldic shield, surmounted by count's coronet supported by lion and greyhound on a mantled field.
Hallmarks: Minerva 1st grade. master silversmith CM with a lion, engraved steel blades in full, the gilt blades engraved with vines and maker's mark , Minerva 2nd grade, MERITE in full
(in very good condition)

Length: 20,6 cm
2483 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Charles MÉRITE, master goldsmith in Paris between 1869-1892.