Lot Essay
The crest is that of von Gutmann
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MAKER'S MARK OF A. AUCOC, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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AN EXTENSIVE FRENCH SILVER TABLE SERVICE
Maker's mark of A. Aucoc, Paris, late 19th century
Ensuite with the following; the reeded handles with acanthus and husks, applied with a crest, comprising:
Thirty table spoons
Twenty-four dessert spoons
Twenty-three coffee spoons
Ninety-four table forks
Twenty-four dessert forks
Twenty-four fish forks
Twenty-four game forks with stainless steel blades
Eighteen shellfish forks
Ninety-six table knives (eighty-four with silver-plated blades, twelve with stainless steel blades)
Twenty-four fish knives with silver blades
Twenty-three game knives with stainless steel blades
Twenty-four butter knives with silver blades
Twenty-four butter dishes
Twelve gilt salt spoons
Two parcel-gilt mustard spoons
Two pairs of fish servers
A pair of pierced servers
Two pairs of parcel-gilt salad servers
Four serving spoons
Four serving forks
Four sauce ladles
A four-piece hors d'oeuvres service
fully marked, in three fitted oak cases lined in red chamois, stamped A. Aucoc 6 rue de la Paix, the covers with brass plaques engraved with a crest
776oz. 10dwt. (24161gr.) weighable silver (492)
Maker's mark of A. Aucoc, Paris, late 19th century
Ensuite with the following; the reeded handles with acanthus and husks, applied with a crest, comprising:
Thirty table spoons
Twenty-four dessert spoons
Twenty-three coffee spoons
Ninety-four table forks
Twenty-four dessert forks
Twenty-four fish forks
Twenty-four game forks with stainless steel blades
Eighteen shellfish forks
Ninety-six table knives (eighty-four with silver-plated blades, twelve with stainless steel blades)
Twenty-four fish knives with silver blades
Twenty-three game knives with stainless steel blades
Twenty-four butter knives with silver blades
Twenty-four butter dishes
Twelve gilt salt spoons
Two parcel-gilt mustard spoons
Two pairs of fish servers
A pair of pierced servers
Two pairs of parcel-gilt salad servers
Four serving spoons
Four serving forks
Four sauce ladles
A four-piece hors d'oeuvres service
fully marked, in three fitted oak cases lined in red chamois, stamped A. Aucoc 6 rue de la Paix, the covers with brass plaques engraved with a crest
776oz. 10dwt. (24161gr.) weighable silver (492)
Provenance
The Property of the late Ritter Rudolf von Gutmann, sold Sotheby's, Geneva, November 10, 1987, lot 137