Part of a silver menagère decorated with foliate scrolls, fi - Lot 344

Part of a silver menagère decorated with foliate scrolls, fillets of laurel leaf branches, flower falls, rocaille shell clasps, and acanthus leaves, unencrypted, including twenty-four large forks, twelve large spoons, twelve pieces of flatware, eleven large knives with stainless steel Lam-d'or Depireux blades, twelve cheese knives with stainless steel Lam-d'or Depireux blades, twelve fruit knives with silver handles and silver blades, a four-piece candy set, twelve silver and vermeil ice-cream spoons, a silver and vermeil ice-cream set, a silver and vermeil strawberry spoon, a silver and vermeil sprinkling spoon, a silver and vermeil salad serving set, a stainless steel fork and blade carving set, a salad serving set with spoon and handle held by a forged silver rod, a cheese knife with forged silver handle and engraved steel blade, a butter knife with stainless steel blade, a ladle, sugar tongs complete with twelve small vermeil spoons with Russian-style handles, twelve small vermeil spatulas decorated with a faun's head and a heart-shaped shell. Minerve first title and second title for the small spoons with Russian-style handles and the small spoons with fauna heads. Master-smith: Maillard frères & Vassou; Philippe Berthier for the cuillers à la russe; Boyer-Callot for the cuillers tête de faune Weight: 5,791 g - Gross weight of knives with silver-coated handles and silver blades: 526 g - Gross weight of silver-coated pieces: 165 g Cracks to the handles of the knives and to some serving pieces, wear to the vermeil of the serving pieces and ice-cream spoons as well as to the small spoons with Russian handles, some deformations, otherwise in used condition. All in an oakwood case with flap, five movable drawers, retractable handles, the lid decorated with a mute shield, Fichet lock in Paris, accidents, to be cleaned. 149 pieces