Ravinet-d'enfert - Sterling Silver Sauce Spoon Minerve 1ert.

Sauce Spoon - Sterling silver Guarantee Minerva 1st Title 950/1000 Length - Lenght: 18.8 cm. / 7.4 in. Sterling silver weight - Sterling silver weight: 66 Gr. Master Goldsmiths: Louis Ravinet and Charles d'Enfert 83 rue du Temple in Paris. Inspectorate in 1891. Solid silver sauce spoon by the goldsmiths Ravinet and D'Enfert. This service piece with a very naturalistic design and shape, is remarkable for its exceptional quality of carving, taken by hand. It has a beautiful relief on a mat background simulating the vegetable bark in stylized rockery. The spatula bears a monogram on the reverse, engraved with the initials RL, the oval spoon, is enhanced with foliage on the button. Excellent conditions, no blow or deformation. Very beautiful piece. Frank work, high quality, with dense carving, for tables of great refinement. Normal use micro-marks and micro-scratches. Hallmark of master and hallmark of guarantee engraved with the spoon. * This object is listed in the documentation of D. Allan, "French tableware and cutlery of the XIX ° century page 398, plate 9, for Ravinet d'Enfert.