"Series Of Twelve Solid Silver Cutlery."
This Louis XV style set consists of a suite of twelve large place settings. The very exuberant decor is characteristic of the Louis XV style production of the second half of the 19th century. The spatulas are engraved with the initials I.G. Very good quality these cutlery are in an exceptional state of conservation, they show no wear and the teeth are perfect. The punches with which they are struck represent a neck brace head, a hallmark in force since 1838, as well as the diamond-shaped maker's mark which includes the initials PQ for Pierre François Queillé, an important family of goldsmiths who produced from the beginning of the 19th century. century and until the 1930s. Mr. David Allan tells us about him in his work entitled "French tableware and cutlery of the 19th century": "Their production was sold by goldsmiths in shops and department stores, and we often sees their maker's mark on the cutlery of Maison Froment-Meurice and Maison Odiot. On page 102, Mr. David Allan presents a series of forks from the same silversmith whose spatulas have an identical decoration to the cutlery we offer, he places them around 1875.Dimensions: large cutlery: forks 21 cm. spoons 21.6 cm,
Period second half of the 19th century
Weight 2044 gr.