Serving Cutlery In A Box. Silver, Silver-gilt, Textile, Etc. Puiforcat, France, V 1900.

Serving cutlery in a box. Silver, silver-gilt, textile, etc. Puiforcat, France, circa 1900.
With contrasting marks.
Pair of serving cutlery with a silver handle in its color and the other part gilded, decorated with engraved and embossed elements in the neoclassical tradition, and openwork areas with plant elements. Émile Puiforcat, when he took over his uncle's business, deposited the hallmark that the company still uses today (a knife flanked by the letters E and P). The rectangular case, with clasps on the front, is decorated with a band referring to a Brussels jeweler-goldsmith, De Coster Paternoster (located at 128 rue Royale), which sold notable pieces such as diamond earrings, cufflinks, etc.
Weight: 296 grams. - Size: 5x1.5x32 cm