"Olier & Caron: Dessert Spoon Set In Sterling Silver Art Nouveau “coeur De Marie”"
Sublime Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Dessert Service in the extremely rare model called "DICLYTRA / Coeur de Marie". Service composed of its 6 Spoons with superb decoration of Diclytra / Bleeding Heart with blank spatulas, and Vermeil spoon bowls ( 18 carat Gold on Silver). Exquisitely crafted from the highest quality silver, each piece is punched with the Minerva 1st Standard Hallmarks (.950) and Hallmarks of Master Goldsmiths Henri SOUFFLOT and his successors OLIER & CARON. This sublime Dessert Service in a fabulous and rare model is in very good condition, furthermore revised and cleaned by our Goldsmith, micro-scratches from use. A pure marvel to discover through the attached photos...Rare model listed on page 363 in Mr David Allan's reference book "Le Couvert & La Coutellerie de Table" listing the most beautiful models of French Goldsmithing. A model so rare that the author, lacking a piece to photograph, had to content himself with reproducing a page from the contemporary catalog of Olier & Caron.
Length of Spoons: 14 cm
Weight of Service: 146.2 grams
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