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One blade of a dinner knife ground out (slightly shorter as a result)
MAKER'S MARK HENRY FRRES, PARIS, CIRCA 1890; RETAILER'S MARK OF BOIN-TABURET
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A FRENCH SILVER TABLE SERVICE
Maker's mark Henry Frres, Paris, circa 1890; Retailer's mark of Boin-Taburet
In the Rgence style, the shaped reeded stems headed by scrolls and shells, engraved with a cypher, comprising:
Eighteen table spoons
Twelve dessert spoons
Twelve teaspoons
Thirty-six dinner forks
Twelve dessert forks
Thirty-six dinner knives with steel blades
Twenty-four dessert knives, twelve with sterling blades and twelve with steel blades
A pair of sugar tongs
A pair of grape scissors
A pair of sauce ladles
A pair of berry spoons
A pair of salad servers
A serving slice
A cheese knife with steel blade
A butter knife
Two pierced trowels
A sugar sifter
A nut spoon with shell-shaped bowl
A pierced condiment spoon
A sardine fork
An ice cream slice,
in a mahogany fitted chest
274oz. 10dwt. (8578gr.) weighable silver (168)
Maker's mark Henry Frres, Paris, circa 1890; Retailer's mark of Boin-Taburet
In the Rgence style, the shaped reeded stems headed by scrolls and shells, engraved with a cypher, comprising:
Eighteen table spoons
Twelve dessert spoons
Twelve teaspoons
Thirty-six dinner forks
Twelve dessert forks
Thirty-six dinner knives with steel blades
Twenty-four dessert knives, twelve with sterling blades and twelve with steel blades
A pair of sugar tongs
A pair of grape scissors
A pair of sauce ladles
A pair of berry spoons
A pair of salad servers
A serving slice
A cheese knife with steel blade
A butter knife
Two pierced trowels
A sugar sifter
A nut spoon with shell-shaped bowl
A pierced condiment spoon
A sardine fork
An ice cream slice,
in a mahogany fitted chest
274oz. 10dwt. (8578gr.) weighable silver (168)