Lot 166
  • 166

Importante ménagère en argent à spatule ajourée, la plupart des pièces par Jean Granvigne, Paris, vers 1880

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
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Description

  • Importante ménagère en argent à spatule ajourée, la plupart des pièces par Jean Granvigne, Paris, vers 1880
  • in a fitted wood case signed Keller
  • 9.079 gr. ; 291oz 18dwt
gravée d'un monogramme VB, les manches des couteaux en nacre, comprenant :
- 48 fourchettes de table (table forks)
- 24 cuillères de table (table spoons)
- 24 fourchettes à entremets (dessert forks)
- 23 cuillères à entremets (dessert spoons)
- 24 cuillères à glace (ice spoons)
- 24  cuillères à café (coffee spoons)
- 12 cuillères à glace, manche nacre (ice spoons)
- 12 cuillères à café, manche nacre (coffee spoons)
- 24 couteaux de table, manche nacre (table knives)
- 24 couteaux à fruit, manche nacre (fruit knives)
- 24 couteaux à fromage, manche nacre (cheese knives)
- 7 fourchettes à poisson (fish forks)
- 12 couteaux à poisson (fish knives)
- 19 pièces de service (serving pieces)
Dans un coffre en acajou à quatre tiroirs signé Gustave Keller

Condition

In overall very good condition. All pieces by Granvigne except: Illegible marks: 48 knives, 19 fish pieces, 6 serving pieces, 6 table forks, 12 ice spoons, 12 coffee spoons Some pieces by Keller: 5 serving pieces, 24 fruit knives Some by Cardeilhac: 3 serving pieces Some pieces in a different style with mother-of-pearl handles (fish set, some coffee spoons...) Some pieces by Bardies Faure: 6 table forks, 5 dessert forks, 6 coffee spoons, 6 ice spoons Very unusal and nice quality set. Very discrete monogram. Extensive set.
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