A FRENCH SILVER DINNER AND TABLE SERVICE
A FRENCH SILVER DINNER AND TABLE SERVICE

MARK OF CARON, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A FRENCH SILVER DINNER AND TABLE SERVICE
MARK OF CARON, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
The dinner service comprising a shaped oval meat dish, two shaped circular serving dishes, in sizes, a pair of double-lipped sauceboats on stands;

The table service with shaped reed and laurel stems, comprising: Eighteen table spoons
Eighteen dessert spoons
Eighteen coffee spoons
Thirty-six table forks
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen fish forks
Eighteen table knives, with stainless steel blades
Eighteen fish knives, with silver blades
Eighteen cheese knives, with steel blades
Eighteen fruit knives, with silver blades
Eighteen parcel-gilt ice-cream spoons
A soup ladle
A salad fork and spoon
A large serving fork
A large serving spoon
A three-piece carving set
A petit-four lifter and fork
A butter knife
A small serving fork
Two sugar spoons, varied
A pair of sugar nips
A pair of grape shears
A gravy ladle
A fish fork and slice
A cheese knife
A butter knife
An ice-cream server
A dessert spoon
A dessert spoon with shell bowl
A pair of tongs
A pierced spoon
Two tart lifters, varied, in a fitted wood canteen (249)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 129

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