细节
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE
Maker's mark of A. Aucoc, Paris, late 19th century
Ensuite with the preceding and the following; the reeded handles with acanthus leaves and husks, applied with a crest, comprising:
Twenty-four dessert spoons
Twenty-four coffee spoons
Twenty-four ice-cream spoons
Twenty-four dessert forks
Twenty-four fruit knives with silver-gilt blades
Twenty-four cheese knives, twenty with stainless steel blades, four white silver knives with silver-plated blades
Two cheese serving knives with stainless steel blades
Two butter knives with silver-gilt blades
Two pairs of sugar tongs
Two sugar sifters
Four serving spoons
Two serving spoons with shell-shaped bowls
A pair of ice-cream spades
A pair of dessert slices
A pair of grape scissors
Two pierced condiment spoons
Two pairs of petit four lifters and forks
A pair of condiment forks
fully marked, in fitted oak case lined in red chamois, stamped A. Aucoc 6 R. de la Paix, the cover with brass plaque engraved with a crest
239oz. (7447gr.) weighable silver (171)