Monney: Solid Silver And Silver-gilt Serving Cutlery: Salad, Fish & Ice Cream. Late 19th Century

Magnificent set of six solid silver serving pieces.

The service includes a fish server, an ice cream server with silver-gilt ends, and a salad server with silver-gilt ends.

The spatulas are asymmetrical pear-shaped, decorated with wide, curved channels. This highly graphic decoration, seemingly simple yet with a real sense of movement, is extraordinarily modern for its time. We are dating from the late 19th century, but this design could very well be considered Art Deco.

The fish server is openwork and engraved with foliage and floral scrolls.

These flatware pieces are in their original box, bearing the dealer's name: "A L'Horloge de Bonne Maman // Horloger Bijoutier // Lebreton Jeune // 36 Boulevard Malesherbes // Paris"

Each piece is hallmarked:
. Minerva, 1st grade, pre-1973 for 950/°° silver.

Silversmith's mark: MJ with a chalice for Jules Monney, a Parisian silversmith active from 1884 to 1895.

Magnificent set of serving cutlery dating from the late 19th century but with a very modern touch.

22.5 to 29 cm

590 grams net

Superb condition. Wear to the silver gilt, almost absent on the salad spoon, and small dents on the edge of the ice cream billhook. Damaged case.

Hand-delivered in Paris or shipped by insured Colissimo.
France: €20
Europe: €30
Worldwide: €55