Paul Canaux - Sterling Silver Coffee Tea Service & Style Tray - XIXth Minerve 950

Very elegant tea and coffee service in solid silver consisting of four pieces, teapot, coffee maker, sugar bowl and creamer, on a stylish silver metal tray. This set is presented in excellent condition. (no blow or bump, essentially micro-scratches from usual use). Each of the jugs rests on a circular base enriched with a frieze of water leaves, the console handle, in blackened wood; the plain body highlights the beautiful sobriety of a wide festoon of laurel leaves underlined by two beaded rows. Zoomorphic extremities on pouring spouts as well as on that of the creamer. The sugar bowl, the interior covered with a quality vermeil, is flanked by two mascaron faces, topped with a laurel wreath, and supporting the grip rings. French Minerva guarantee hallmark in the 1st title (950) stamped on each of the solid silver pieces; creamer sugar bowl and the two jugs), as well as that of the master goldsmith Paul Canaux. .Weight of the four pieces in Sterling Silver & dimensions of the four pieces (excluding tray) The coffee maker - Coffee Pot: 530 gr. Height at the fretel: 20.5 cm. - - Height: 8. 07 in. The teapot - TeaPot: 578 gr. Height at the fretel: 15 cm. - Height: 5. 91 in. The sugar bowl - Sugar bowl: 338 gr. Height: 12.8cm. - Height: 5. 04 in. The creamer: Creamer: 156 gr. Height at the collar: 8 cm. - Height (edge): 3. 15 in. The service-style tray is in silver metal. It has, by its oval and wide shape, large enough to accommodate cups around the four pieces. .Weight of the tray - Tray: 1,750 gr. Length - length: 59.5 cm. / 23. 43 in. Width - Width: 37.5cm. / 14.76in. Master-Goldsmith: Paul Canaux (PG, an anvil) Manufacturer Jeweler-goldsmith 30 rue des Francs-Bourgeaois in Paris Insculpation on August 9, 1888, deletion in 1892. His hallmark: PG, an anvil will later become P Canaux & Cie until in 1911.