Ménagère en argent, la majorité par Puiforcat, Paris, vers 1900

modèle à bord feuillagé gravé du monogramme RA (sauf les cuillères à café), comprenant:12 fourchettes de table (table forks), 12 cuillères de table (table spoons), 12 couteaux de table, (table knives), 6 fourchettes à poisson (fish forks), 6 couteaux à poisson (fish knives), 12 fourchettes à entremets (dessert forks), 12 couteaux à fromage (cheese knives), 6 couteaux à fruit (fruit knives), 6 fourchettes à gâteau (cake forks), 12 cuillères à moka (coffee spoons), 12 cuillères à thé (tea spoons)  25 pièces de service(serving pieces), 12 porte-couteaux (knife rests), dans un coffret en bois à cinq tiroirs

the knife rests, Korch & Bergfeld, Bremen, not initialled ; table forks and table spoons, Puiforcat but also struck Schelhaas, Zurich, 3 forks unmarked ; fish knives, fish forks, cake forks, fruit knives; maker's mark GS, probably Schelhaas, Zurich
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