Lot 32
  • 32

A French Art Deco silver and silver-gilt flatware service, Puiforcat, Paris, circa 1930-40

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description

  • Silver, Silver-gilt, Wood
  • 349oz weighable
  • 10854g
Beaulieu pattern, engraved with Art Deco monogram BS, comprising:
First Drawer:
eighteen dessert knives, gilt
eighteen cheese knives, gilt
one pie server, gilt
one sauce ladle, gilt
one cheese knife
Second Drawer:
eighteen dessert spoons, gilt
twenty-four teaspoons, gilt
eighteen ice cream spoons, gilt
one pair sugar tongs, gilt
Third Drawer:
thirty dinner forks
thirty dinner knives
Fourth Drawer:
eighteen tablespoons
eighteen fish forks
eighteen fish knives
Inside Lid:
one serving fork
one serving spoon
two-piece salad set
one fish slice
one tart server
238 pieces, in fitted four-drawer oak chest

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 2002, lot 28

Condition

very good condition
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