A large French silver-gilt dessert flatware service, in Baroque taste, cast on both sides with cartouches, masks, scrolling foliage and flowers, in total 172 pieces with two pattern variations divided between the below former mentioned 96 pieces and the latter 76 pieces. French and Naples control marks on both patterns. Fineness 800. Paris, mid-19th century. Weight (excl. pieces with steel parts) 3,457 g. (172)
Comprising: 24 dessert forks, L. 18 cm. 24 dessert knives, L. 20 cm. 24 dessert spoons, L. 18 cm. 24 fruit knives (with steel blades), L. 20.5 cm. 24 minor dessert spoons, L. 14.5 cm. 24 cake forks, L. 14 cm. 24 ice cream spoons, L. 14 cm. 2 sugar tongs, L. 17.5 cm. 1 ice cream serving spoon, L. 22 cm. 1 sugar shifter, L. 19 cm.
Provenance: Danish private ownership.
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