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This Louis XV style set consists of a suite of twelve large place settings. The very exuberant decoration 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. Of very good quality, this cutlery is in an exceptional state of preservation, they show no wear and the teeth are perfect. The hallmarks on them represent a minerva head, a hallmark in force since 1838, as well as the diamond-shaped master hallmark which includes the initials P.Q. for Pierre François Queillé, an important family of silversmiths who produced from the beginning of the 19th century until the 1930s. Mr. David Allan says of him in his book entitled "Le couvert et la coutellerie de table française du XIXe siècle": "Their production was sold by silversmiths in stores and department stores, and we often see their hallmark on the cutlery of the Froment-Meurice and Odiot houses. On page 102, Mr. David Allan presents a series of forks by the same silversmith whose spatulas have the same decoration as the cutlery we propose. He dates them to about 1875.
Dimensions: large cutlery: forks 21 cm. spoons 21,6 cm,
Second half of the 19th century
Weight 2044 gr.
Ref: JEP3PFS8HC