PROPERTY OF MR. JORGE COMANDARI

AN EXCEPTIONAL FRENCH SILVER-GILT DINNER AND TABLE SERVICE IN ANCIENT GREEK STYLE

SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FROM TETARD FRERES, PARIS, 1973-1982

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AN EXCEPTIONAL FRENCH SILVER-GILT DINNER AND TABLE SERVICE IN ANCIENT GREEK STYLE
SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FROM TETARD FRERES, PARIS, 1973-1982
Each modeled after ancient Minoan and Mycenaean originals in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens; of exceptionally heavy gauge with hand-hammering and with matte gilding, the table silver with oak handles, each marked, also with inscription under base "Pièce éxécutée specialement pour Mr. Jorge Comandari par Tétard Frères," comprising:

The Dinner Service

Eight cups chased with two rows of stylized ivy ornament, angular handles, 5 ¼ in. (14 cm.) long overall
A pair of large circular serving dishes, the border with ivy decoration ensuite with the cups, 13 in. (33 cm.) diameter
A pair of sauce boats with beaded and gadrooned ring handle, 6 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.) long
A pair of circular stands for the sauceboats, with gadrooned border, 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm) diameter
A pair of large circular serving bowls with beaded ring handles and gadrooned border ensuite with sauceboats and stands, 11 in. (28 cm.) long overall
Eight flaring cylindrical goblets, angular handles, 5 in. (12.2 cm.) high
Eight circular serving dishes with charging-bull border, 10 3/8 in. (25.3 cm.) diameter
Eight circular serving bowls with wavy scroll border, 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diameter
Four silver-gilt mounted oak candlesticks, with wavy scroll border ensuite with the above, 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

The Table Service

Eight table spoons
Eight dessert spoons
Sixteen table forks
Eight dessert forks
Sixteen table knives
Eight dessert knives
Two serving forks
Two serving spoons

318 oz. (9,912 gr.) weighable silver (104)

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Photo caption 1 – borders

252 detail of border designs

Photo caption 2 – flatware drawing

Tétard custom design for table silver

Photo caption 3 – gold cup

These cups were designed after the famous gold Vaphio Cups of Minoan Crete, by special permission from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Photo caption 4 – dwg of cup

Tétard custom design for bouillon cups

Photo caption 5 – dwg of sauceboat

Tétard custom design for sauceboats and stands

Photo caption 6 – gold sauceboat and stand

The sauceboats and the matching serving bowls were designed after late Minoan examples, by special permission from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. A bronze basin of identical form, circa 1450 B.C., is illustrated in From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C., 2008, fig. 72

SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FROM TETARD FRERES, PARIS, 1973-1982

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