JEAN DESPRÉS | Lys flatware service

circa 1950silver and silvered metal ; comprising 87 pieces : eighteen forks, twelve spoons, eight fish forks, eight fish knives, twelve entremets forks, twelve entremets spoons, twelve coffee spoons, four serving pieces and one sauceboatEach piece with maker's mark and silver mark apart from the laddle and the saucebot, the sauceboat signed J-Després on the underside ; together with twelve silvered metal knives, twelve silvered metal entremets knives, four silver fish forks, for silver fish knives

Private collection, Avallon, special order acquired directly from the artist
Eve, Paris, November 21, 2016, lot 35

Melissa Gabardi, Jean Després, Bijoutier et orfèvre entre Art déco et modernité, Paris, 2009, p. 191, n. G for related examples in silver gilt

Good overall condition. The silver and the silvered metal presents with some light wear throughout and with scattered surface scratches and very tiny dents, consistent with age and use. The tines of some forks are very slightly bent. The surface presents with extremely light surface oxidation and with some very light surface soiling.
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