A French silver table-service
Maker's mark of Emile Puiforcat, Paris, 20th century
Each piece reeded and with scroll end, each engraved with a cypher, comprising:
Twelve table-forks
Twelve table-spoons
Twelve dessert-forks
Twelve dessert-spoons
Eleven pistol-handled table-knives with stainless steel blades
Twelve fish-knives
Twelve fish-forks
Twelve pistol-handled dessert-knives with stainless steel blades
Eleven pistol-handled dessert-knives with silver blades
Eleven coffee-spoons
Nine demitasse spoons
Twelve ice-cream spoons
Twelve hors d'oeuvre forks
Ten lobster picks
Eleven butter-knives
Two fish serving forks
One fish serving blade
Two serving-spoons
Three cake slices, one pierced
A soup ladle
Two sauce-ladles
A small serving fork and spoon;
together with three coffee-spoons of a different pattern
marked on bowls, tines or blades, the blades additionally stamped 'Puiforcat'
340ozs. (12,594gr.) (187)