"Set Of 11 Tea Spoons With Its Vermeil Tongs, 19th Century"
Net decoration and coat of arms. Net weight: 381 gr. 3 spoons have solid silver hallmarks from 1798 to 1809: - 1 goldsmith's hallmark: “L”, a caduceus (1807/1818), and “C”. Leonard Chatenet. One of the 3 spoons has a different goldsmith “FLG”. - 1 title hallmark in the shape of a rooster, 1st title for a 950 thousandths alloy. - 1 oval guarantee hallmark, an old man facing the front framed with department figures. 7 spoons have solid silver hallmarks from 1819 to 1838: - 1 goldsmith's hallmark: “L”, a caduceus (1807/1818), and “C”. Léonard Chatenet.- 1 title hallmark, the old man hallmark 1st title of Paris: an octagon, old man's head turned to the right, the number 1 to the right. - 1 medium guaranteed hallmark from Paris: oval, a Greek tragedy mask from the front. 1 spoon has illegible hallmarks. For the pliers there is only visible the title hallmark 2nd Coq de Paris, 2nd title: vertical octagon with double listel, convex bias, a rooster turned left head to right and the number 2 at the bottom left. The other hallmark is illegible. Good condition. Sold with or without case. Dimensions: Length of spoons: 4.2 cm Width of spoons: 3 cm. Length of pliers: 15 cm Width of pliers: 2.5 cm