Lot 86
  • 86

A Belgian silver flatware service, Delheid Freres, Brussels, circa 1890

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • comprising:
    twelve dinner knives
    twelve dinner forks
    eleven lunch knives
    twelve lunch forks
    twelve fish knives
    twelve fish forks
    ten butter spreaders
    twelve dessert forks
    twelve oyster forks
    eleven teaspoons
    twelve dessert spoons
    twelve tablespoons
    twelve coffee spoons
    nine small teaspoons
    two-piece fish serving set
    one cold meat fork
    one cold cut fork
    two serving spoons
    one slotted spoon
    one tomato server
    one soup ladle
    two sauce ladles
    two berry spoons
    one pie server
    one ice cream slice
    two hors d'oeuvres servers
    one cheese knife
    one sugar sifter
    one ice tongs
    181 pieces

with ribbon-bound reeded borders, decorated with bellflowers, unengraved

Condition

one teaspoon with chewed tip, otherwise good condition, decoration crisp and no signs of engraving removal
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