SILVER MENAGERE BY EDMOND JAMET
Silver and steel cutlery set by Edmond JAMET and Paul MASSAT, presented in a wooden box.
It includes 122 pieces:
- 16 table cutlery
- 12 table knives with silver-plated handles and stainless steel blades
- 12 forks and spoons
- 12 dessert knives with silver-plated handles and stainless steel blades
- 12 teaspoons
- 1 sugar tongs
- 12 oyster forks
- 4 silver hors d'oeuvres pieces with silver-plated handles
- 4 teaspoons and a ladle
- 1 ladle
- 1 silver and silver-plated leg of lamb handle
- carving set with silver-plated handle and stainless steel blade
- a fish serving set with silver blade and forged silver handle
- a mother-of-pearl salad server with a silver-plated handle
The various pieces are decorated with naturalistic and animal motifs such as openwork foliage, foliage scrolls and floral motifs, in a Louis XV style. They include a coat of arms with a monogram, the inscription "PARIS" and several hallmarks:
- Minerva head hallmark
- Silver 1st title (from 1838)
- Manufacturer's hallmark in a rhombus
- goldsmith's hallmark Edmond JAMET
The knives are marked "Stainless steel".
Weight: 6379.5 gr.
Napoleon III period
Circa: 1870
Box size: W:47cm, D:30cm, H:21cm.
Condition report: in good overall condition, with wear from use and small stains on the silver. The service is complete. The box retains its original key.
