Beschreibung:

A large part-service of French flatware, maker's mark FJ, retailed by Chaumet & Cie, Paris, circa 1918 laurel leaf, shell and ribbon-tied reed pattern, many of the blades, prongs and bowls similarly engraved, the terminals struck or engraved with the initials ARP in monogram, comprising: thirteen tablespoons eighteen table forks forty-nine dessert spoons twelve dessert forks eighteen asparagus eaters seven fruit ladles forty-nine sorbet spoons fifty-one oyster forks four strawberry serving spoons seven fried egg or macaroni shovels five ice cream shovels two soup ladles two pairs of salad servers two punch ladles eight mustard ladles thirteen coffee spoons two sugar sifters eight pierced hors d’oeuvre spoons five pierced hors d’oeuvre forks twelve teapoons nine ice cream knives (three with gilt blades) six butter knives three small sauce ladles two sauce ladles an egg spoon twelve two-pronged escargot forks twenty-nine melon knives fourteen melon forks a pair of grape scissors a pair of sugar tongs a spirit ladle a cake slice eight pickle forks fifty-one two-pronged hors d’oeuvre forks five serving spoons thirteen fish forks twenty-five fish knives four fish serving forks six sardine forks the following the silver blades and prongs and loaded silver handles: fourteen fruit knives fourteen fruit forks the following with loaded silver handles: twenty-two metal nut crackers the following with steel or stainless steel blades: thirty-nine table knives thrity-six cheese knives three carving knives two carving forks fifteen serving knives (various) and the following early 20th Century English stainless steel and electroplate items: two pairs of carvers a pair of fish servers 25250gr, 813oz