Art Nouveau 126-piece Cutlery Set In Solid Silver, Delheid Frères, Brussels

Very pretty and rare cutlery service in the Art Nouveau style and period (1890-1910) in solid silver by the Delheid brothers in Brussels. It is complete for 12 people. The first owners, fortunately for any future owners, resisted the temptation to have initials or coats of arms engraved. Each piece has been delicately repolished to restore its original shine without damaging the decorations or the very pretty art nouveau engraving on the fish cutlery. The interior of their solid oak box has been completely restored and reupholstered with antioxidant felt by Gainerie Brainoise in Braine-le-Château, Belgium, the last gainier, custodian of this centuries-old know-how. It consists of 12 table forks 12 table spoons 12 table knives 12 fish forks 12 fish knives 12 oyster forks (1 slightly smaller) 12 dessert forks 12 dessert spoons 12 dessert knives 12 teaspoons 2 salad servers 2 leg of lamb servers 1 soup ladle 1 cake server The weight silver amounts to around 6000 grams