"Asparagus Slice"
Silver asparagus slice, richly decorated, witht it filled silver handle. The decor is finely chiselled with foliage, flowers and scrolls
The handle decorated with a cartridge is guilloched. It presents in relief on the top a decoration of gadroons and vegetal arabesques repeated on the bottom accompanied by palmettes
Silversmith : Alfred Coignet (received in 1865)
His workshop was Rue Babette (Paris) . He worked from 1865 to 1889
weight: 295 gr
length : 27 cm
width : 10, 5 cm
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