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RETAILED BY AUCOC, PARIS, CIRCA 1890
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AN EXTENSIVE FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE AND DESSERT SERVICE**
Retailed by Aucoc, Paris, circa 1890
The shaped reeded handles surmounted with acanthus and scrolls, with accolé coat-of-arms engraved on reverse, comprising:
In one box (white silver):
Ninety-six table forks
Thirty-six table spoons
Seventy-two table knives with ivory handles and stainless steel blades
Pair of serving forks
Pair of serving spades
Pair of pierced serving spoons
Pair of straining spoons
Four sauce ladles
Pair of asparagus tongs
One soup ladle
One crumber
Pair of salad servers
Pair of fish servers
In the other box (silver-gilt):
Forty-eight dessert spoons
Forty-eight dessert forks
Forty-eight dessert knives with ivory handles and silver-gilt blades
Forty-eight dessert knives with ivory handles and steel blades
Twenty-four citrus spoons
Twelve salt spoons
Four large serving spoons
One ice cream spoon
Pair of sugar sifters
Pair of serving spoons
Pair of sugar tongs
in two fitted wood canteens with brass mounts, the chamois-lined interior stamped L. AUCOC, PARIS, fully marked
756oz. (23518gr.) weighable silver (462)
Retailed by Aucoc, Paris, circa 1890
The shaped reeded handles surmounted with acanthus and scrolls, with accolé coat-of-arms engraved on reverse, comprising:
In one box (white silver):
Ninety-six table forks
Thirty-six table spoons
Seventy-two table knives with ivory handles and stainless steel blades
Pair of serving forks
Pair of serving spades
Pair of pierced serving spoons
Pair of straining spoons
Four sauce ladles
Pair of asparagus tongs
One soup ladle
One crumber
Pair of salad servers
Pair of fish servers
In the other box (silver-gilt):
Forty-eight dessert spoons
Forty-eight dessert forks
Forty-eight dessert knives with ivory handles and silver-gilt blades
Forty-eight dessert knives with ivory handles and steel blades
Twenty-four citrus spoons
Twelve salt spoons
Four large serving spoons
One ice cream spoon
Pair of sugar sifters
Pair of serving spoons
Pair of sugar tongs
in two fitted wood canteens with brass mounts, the chamois-lined interior stamped L. AUCOC, PARIS, fully marked
756oz. (23518gr.) weighable silver (462)