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A FRENCH LARGE SILVER AND SILVER-GILT FLATWARE SERVICE WITH MATCHINGS TABLEWARE, Paris, maker's mark of H. Fres & Cie, retailed by Boin Taburet, the knives with steel blades, the silver-gilt knives with gilt-plated blades, the tapering handles with reeded borders and leaf at the shoulder, the reverse monogrammed and with shell, comprising:
Twelve table-forks-* Twelve table-knives
Twelve large table-spoons-* Ten smaller knives
Ten fish-forks-* Twelve fish-knives
Twelve ?salad-forks-* Twelve teaspoons
The following are silver-gilt
Twelve dessert-forks-* Twelve dessert-knives
Twelve desert-spoons-* Twelve sherbet-spoons
A serving-trowl-* Twelve coffee-spoons
The following are white serving-pieces:
A soup-ladle, a stuffing-spoon, a salad-serving fork and spoon, a pair of sugar-nippers, a jam spoon, a lemon-pick, a small pierced trowel
The following with filled handles and steel blades or heads, not weighed A carving-knife, a master butter-spreader, an unusual cork-screw, a double nut-cracker, a pair of shears
The tableware comprises:
Set of four salt-casters, a pair of pepper-grinders, a sugar-caster with later cover, a mustard-pot with clear glass liner, four open salts with clear glass liners, and four salt-spoons
183 pieces, weighable silver 295oz.
Twelve table-forks-* Twelve table-knives
Twelve large table-spoons-* Ten smaller knives
Ten fish-forks-* Twelve fish-knives
Twelve ?salad-forks-* Twelve teaspoons
The following are silver-gilt
Twelve dessert-forks-* Twelve dessert-knives
Twelve desert-spoons-* Twelve sherbet-spoons
A serving-trowl-* Twelve coffee-spoons
The following are white serving-pieces:
A soup-ladle, a stuffing-spoon, a salad-serving fork and spoon, a pair of sugar-nippers, a jam spoon, a lemon-pick, a small pierced trowel
The following with filled handles and steel blades or heads, not weighed A carving-knife, a master butter-spreader, an unusual cork-screw, a double nut-cracker, a pair of shears
The tableware comprises:
Set of four salt-casters, a pair of pepper-grinders, a sugar-caster with later cover, a mustard-pot with clear glass liner, four open salts with clear glass liners, and four salt-spoons
183 pieces, weighable silver 295oz.