Christofle Alfenide Housewife

Christofle Alfenide cutlery set Ruban model in its box with 3 storage drawers with their punches of 73 pieces including: -12 forks -12 knives -12 spoons -12 teaspoons -12 dessert knives -12 dessert forks -1 ladle This box also includes 1 Durousseau Raynaud fish service of 33 pieces in hallmarked silver metal including: -12 fish forks -12 fish knives -9 oyster forks Alfenide concerns the Christofle Goldsmith brand which used this alloy as a base for the manufacture of tableware by electroplating such as silver-plated cutlery. Alfenide is also called white metal, it is an alloy composed of 59% copper, 30% zinc, 10% nickel and 1% iron. It is then covered with silver by electroplating. The Alfénide brand was used by Christofle until the last filing on October 24, 1978. Not having been renewed, this brand expired in 1988. The Alfénide silvering guarantee hallmark features a goat's head in a diamond inscribed in a square.