Régina Benvenisti - Flatware Set And Her Knives In Sterling Silver Minerva950 - 36 Pieces

Superb housewife and her knives, the model of great delicacy, is worked in fine and elegant carvings. A shield of leaves adorns the knob of the forks and spoons, while leafy threads run down the stem to the spatula; this is enriched with pendant flowers, foliage braces centered with a small rocaille shell. The knives, original blades in polished steel, to the model. This master goldsmith, a woman, Régina Benvenisti, (Régina Kleinmann, wife of the goldsmith merchant Licco Israel Benvenisti), inscribed his mark in 1893 in Paris. She is the mother of six children, notably of the famous lawyer Alphonse Benvenisti, also a writer (Les Hérétiques - Editions Plon Minerve hallmark 1st title and master goldsmith's hallmark "ASCANIO" in full Letters RB, inscribed on each of the pieces, knives included. A dessert / Hors d'oeuvre set, in solid silver and vermeil, model, is also available in the store. 12 Table forks - dineer forks: 21.2 cm / 8. 35 in. soup spoons: 21.2 cm / 8.35 in. 12 dinner knives: 25.5 cm / 10.04 in.