SILVER FISH SERVER SET. PUIFORCAT, FRANCE, CIRCA 1900.

Serving cutlery in a case. Silver, gilt silver, textile, etc. Puiforcat, France, circa 1900. With contrast marks. Pair of serving cutlery with a silver handle in its colour and the other part gilded, decorated with engraved and embossed elements in the neoclassical tradition, and openwork areas with plant elements. Émile Puiforcat, when he took over his uncle's company, registered the hallmark that the firm still uses today (a knife flanked by the letters E and P). The rectangular case, with clasps at the front, features a strip referring to a Brussels jewellery and goldsmith's shop called De Coster Paternoster (located at 128 rue Royale), which sold notable pieces such as diamond earrings, cufflinks, etc. Weight: 296 grams.

· Size: 5x1,5x32 cms