Art Nouveau Canteen 180 Pieces, Sterling Silver, France Circa 1900, Victor Leneuf

Sumptuous and extremely rare Art Nouveau period cutlery set in sterling silver and mother-of-pearl. It is incredibly complete and has 180 pieces. Each piece is engraved with the intertwined LM initials. It has more than 24 pieces to serve, all openwork, engraved and partly gilt . Each piece is hallmarked with the guarantee hallmark of Minerva's head and the goldsmith's hallmark (VL surrounding a sugar tongs) by Victor Leneuf. It consists of 12 table forks 12 table knives 12 table spoons 12 dessert forks 12 dessert spoons 12 dessert knives 12 fish forks 12 fish knives 12 oyster forks 12 cake forks 12 cake knives 12 forks bowl 12 ice cream spoons 1 soup ladle 1 sauce ladle 1 whipped cream ladle 2 salad servers 2 ice cream servers 2 fish servers 1 cake server 1 stewing spoon 1 strawberry spoon 1 sprinkle spoon 2 sugar tongs 4 appetizer servers 1 asparagus scoop 4 sweets servers total silver weight 8700 grams