Estimate

4.000 - 6.000

Session 2

16 November 2021

Hammer Price

Description

French silver
Shaped stems with chased shells and scrolls decoration after 18th century flatware prototypes
8 canon handled meat knives (26,0cm), 8 canon handled meat knives with scimitar-shaped silver blades (26,5 cm), 8 canon handled fruit knives with silver blades (22,5 cm), 8 canon handled cheese knives (22,0 cm), 8 meat forks (20,0 cm), 8 soup spoons (20,0 cm), 8 dessert forks (18,0 cm) and 8 dessert spoons (18,5 cm)
Paris, 20th century, marked "Minerve 1er titre"
(very nice manufacturing quality)

5273 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Cutlery of identical design was used by interior designer Alberto Pinto and published in TABLES - Alberto PINTO, Flammarion 2009. The same pattern is exhibited in the "Hôtel de La Marine" Museum in Paris