Ménagère à entremets en vermeil, la majorité par Charles-Joachim-Benjamen Dallemagne, Paris, 1809-1819

modèle filet sans épaulement, orné de pommes de pin et de grappes de raisin, sur fond amati, comprenant:
36 fourchettes à entremets (dessert forks), 36 cuillères à entremets (dessert spoons), 36 couteaux à fruit (fruit knives), 36 cuillères à thé (teaspoons), 4 cuillères à compote (serving spoons), 2 cuillères à saupoudrer (sugar sifters),  et au modèle filet simple: 8 pelles à sel (salt shovels), 2 cuillères à moutarde (mustard spoons), et 12 cuillères à café ornées de coquillage (coffee spoons with shell ornament), Dresde vers 1900, et une pince à sucre, dans un coffre

Selon la tradition familiale, ce service a été acquis en 1952 auprès des princes Frasso et appartenait à un de leurs parents Kotek, neveu du roi de Bavière

overall good condition. the pair of sugar tongs, Aimée-Catherine Clarin, Paris, 1809-1819 mustard spoons and salt shovels, Nicolas-Anselme Bourdet, Paris, 1809-1819 fruit knives, François-Charles Gavet, Paris, 1809-1819 coffee spoons, Dresden..... All other piecesby Dallemagne except a teaspoon St Petersburg, circa 1850 and a knife unmarked. very nice set.
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