A FRENCH SILVER, PARCEL-GILT, AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL FLATWARE SERVICE
MARK OF HENRI SOUFFLOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1885
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Price Realised USD 8,750
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USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
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A FRENCH SILVER, PARCEL-GILT, AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL FLATWARE SERVICE
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Overall with minor scratches consistent with age, use, and stacking, the gilding fairly strong and consistent throughout, some slight wear to gilding on dessert knife blades and teaspoons, the dessert knife blades with associated foliate script monogram, though appears old, tines to fish forks all slightly bent, and some worn on end tines, some steel blades with some residue staining, though could be cleaned up, one cheese knife with monogram to handle previously off but reattached and with associated glue residue to mother-of-pearl.
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Lot 37Sale 19705
MARK OF HENRI SOUFFLOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1885A FRENCH SILVER, PARCEL-GILT, AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL FLATWARE SERVICEEstimate: USD 8,000 - 12,000
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