Estimate

1.600 - 1.700

Session 1

22 November 2022

Hammer Price

Description

French gilt silver
Maker Charles MÉRITE, comprising of 6 forks (l.18 cm), 6 spoons (l.18.5 cm), 6 fruit knives with gilt blades (l. 20 cm), 6 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
1234 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

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