A FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE

MOST MARK OF JEAN-JOSEPH RIVET, PARIS, 1819-38

Details
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
MOST MARK OF JEAN-JOSEPH RIVET, PARIS, 1819-38
Fiddle, thread and shell pattern, comprising:
Twelve dessert forks
Twelve dessert spoons
Twelve ice-cream spades
Six teaspoons
Twelve cheese knives, with steel blades, lacking maker's mark
Twelve fruit knives, with silver-gilt blades, C. G. Gavet, the handle slightly different
An ice cream server
62 oz. (1,938 gr.) (67)
Provenance
The Estate of Ambassador Pamela Harriman, sold Sotheby's, New York, 19-21 May 1997, lot 427
Sale room notice
Please note, this service is silver-gilt, not silver as illustrated in the catalogue.

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