A French Silver Flatware Service, Tetard Freres, Paris, early 20th century

Fiddle Thread handles terminating in leaves and berries, comprising:
first drawer:
forty-eight dinner forks
twenty-four tablespoons
one soup ladle
second drawer:
forty-eight dinner knives
ten oval salts with six glass liners
ten salt spoons
third drawer:
twenty-four fish knives
twenty-four fish forks
two pairs of fish servers
two sauce ladles
three-piece hors d'oeuvre set
one butter knife
fourth drawer:
twenty-four dessert forks
twenty-four dessert spoons
two shell-bowl berry spoons
one cake knife
one pie slice
one sugar tongs
three tea servers
fifth drawer:
twenty-four fruit knives
twenty-four cheese knives
two pairs salad servers
two serving spoons
one grape scissors
sixth drawer:
twenty-four teaspoons, one recast
twenty-four ice cream spoons, 12 in similar pattern by Puiforcat, Paris
four ice cream servers
362 pieces, in a fitted six-drawer wood case

some fork tines bent, minor separation to knife blades but steel blades in good condiiton, case edges of two shelves missing front sections and some stains to lining, otherwise good condition
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