Olier & Caron : Rare Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Flatware Set "bleeding Heart" For 6 Guests

Extraordinary Solid Silver Flatware Set from the ART NOUVEAU period in the extremely rare model called "DICLYTRA / Bleeding Heart". This set is comprised of its 6 large Forks and 6 Table Spoons), 6 Table Knives, and a Cheese Knife, a total of 19 Pieces with the superb, sinuous Diclytra / Bleeding Heart decoration. Handles are monogrammed. Meticulously crafted from the highest quality silver, each piece is punched with the Minerva  1st Standard (.950) Hallmark, and mark of Master Goldsmiths OLIER & CARON (with the exception of the Cheese Knife which is from its predecessor Henri Soufflot) which allows us to date this set to1910, the date of the transition. Forks and spoons are presented in a cutlery tray lined with anti-oxidant fabric. This extraordinary flatware set, in this fabulous and rare model, is in excellent condition, moreover revised and cleaned by our Goldsmith, and just light signs of use to note. 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. Model so rare that the author, lacking a piece to photograph, had to be content with reproducing a page from the Olier & Caron Catalogue of the time.

Length / Weight of 6 Table Forks: 21.8 cm / 514.2 g
Length / Weight of 6 Table Spoons: 22.1 cm / 499 g
Length / Weight of 6 Table Knives: 25.6 cm / 410 g
Length / Weight of Cheese Knife: 19.5 cm / 42.6 g
Gross Weight of the 19 Pieces : 1465.8 grams
Total Weight including storage tray : 1621.4 grams