"86-piece Tetard Frères Cutlery Set - 1930 - Minerva Silver - Export Tunis"
Complete cutlery set in solid silver Minerva 1st title comprising 86 pieces in its original box: 12 place settings, 12 dessert place settings, stew spoon, a ladle, 12 large and small knives....... visible on photos. Net cutlery weight: 3,750 grams Knife weight: 1,423 grams Gross total: 5,173 grams. Master goldsmith Tétard Frères, circa 1930, the Minerva hallmarks were crossed out following the export of the pieces to Tunis around 1930 and subject to the Tunis guarantee hallmark (introduced from 1905 following the protectorate). Only the 1st title Minerva remain on the knife handles attached to the Tunis guarantee hallmarks. Size of the box as follows. 
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