Ménagère en argent, modèle Dyclitra, par Henri Soufflot, Paris, 1884-1910

les spatules et fûts appliqués de fleurs de dyclitra (coeur de Marie) et gravés DL, comprenant: 18 fourchettes de tables (table forks), 12 couteaux de table les manches en bois  (table knives with wood handles), 12 cuillères de table (table spoons), 12 fourchettes à entremets (dessert forks), 12 cuillères à entremets (dessert spoons), 11 couteaux à fruit (fruit knives), 13 couteaux à fromage (cheese knives), 12 fourchettes à huître (oyster forks), 12 pelles à glace (ice spoons), 12 cuillères à café (coffee spoons), 4 pièces à gigot (meat serving pieces), 17 pièces à servir (serving pieces), dans deux tiroirs



 

quelques dents de fourchettes un peu tordues, une fourchette à servir en vermeil avec dents tordues. Les manches en ébène présentant de légères fentes. Bel ensemble, modèle rare.
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Ce modèle, par Caron, est illustré dans David Allan, Le couvert et la coutellerie de table française au XIXe siècle, Faton, 2007, pl. 57.