Service 12 Large Table Knives Charles X Period Sterling Silver And Vermeil - Steel Blades

Superb set of 12 table knives, Charles X period (1818-1834). In silver vermilion and mother-of-pearl, the handles are each inlaid on the presentation side, with an escutcheon probably in gold, which was customary on these models The steel blades are stamped "LEGRAND Cr DE SAR MADAME, (marks and pitting normal use no accident on the blades) Small illegible punch on several of the bases and ferrules, probably small inventory. Length – Lenght: 25 cm / 9. 84 in. Weight of the 12 Knives 786 Gr. We find in the almanac of the addresses of the merchants of Paris for the year 1818, the trace of the cutler under the title: "Legrand, cutler of SAR Madame la Duchesse d'Angoulême" (first child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette).