Puiforcat : Sterling Silver Vermeil Flatware Set Elysee Pattern - 137 Pieces

Prestigious Regency style solid silver flatware set by PUIFORCAT in the ELYSEE pattern. This model, the apotheosis of elegance and refinement, has been called ELYSEE since it adorned the ceremonial tables of the Presidents of the French Republic in the Elysée Palace since the end of the 1940s, thus representing the must-have of French tableware.
This Elysée Flatware Set consists of its 12 large Forks and 12 Spoons,12 Dessert / Entremets Forks and 12 Spoons), 12 Fish Forks and 12 Knives Knives, 12 Ice Cream Scoops, 12 small Spoons in Vermeil (Gold on Silver), and 4 Serving Pieces (2 Fish Servers, Ice Cream Scoop, Sauce Spoon). Also included is a Puiforcat in the Regency style, 37 Knives (12 Table Knives, 12 Dessert Knives and 12 Fruit Knives and the Cheese Knife). Blades of the table and dessert knives in stainless steel and blades of the fruit knives in silver.
Composed of 137 pieces, the set is housed in 5 large original trays from Puiforcat. Meticulously hand crafted from the highest qiality silver, each piece is punched with the Minerva 1st Standard (.950) Hallmark and mark of Master Goldsmith Emile PUIFORCAT with Signature in full letters "PUIFORCAT" on the blades of the knives. This prestigious and important flatware set is in very good general condition, presented on its trays signed Puiforcat, micro-scratches from use. To discover through the attached photos ...

12 Table Forks : 20.7 cm / 1179.4 g
12 Table Spoons : 20.9 cm / 1253 g
12 Table Knives : 25.1 cm / 1134 g
12 Fish Forks : 18.1 cm / 748 g
12 Fish Knives : 20.8 cm / 940.4 g
12 Fruit Knives (silver blades): 20.6 cm / 888.8 g
12 Entremets -Cheese Knives : 20.9 cm / 800.4 g
12 Entrements / Dessert Spoons : 17.1 cm / 767.4 g
12 Entremets / Dessert Forks : 16.6 cm / 695.6 g
12 Ice Cream Scoops : 13.6 cm / 417 g
12 Vermeil Small Spoons : 12.2 cm / 302.4 g
Fish Serving Set (2 Pieces) : 22.9 and 26.4 cm / 255.2 g
Sauce Spoon : 19.9 cm / 109.8 g
Ice Cream Scoop : 25.5 cm / 126.6 g
Cheese Knife : 19.2 cm / 72 g
Total Weight of the Cutlery Set (without trays) : 9690 grams