Antique French Sterling Silver 9pc Serving Implement Set: Meat, Salad & Fish, Hors d'Oeuvres, GREAT Box!
Elegant antique French COMPLETE matching 9pc sterling silver serving utensil or implement set including meat carving knife & fork, salad serving fork & spoon, 4pc hors d'oeuvre pieces and the rare inclusion of a 'truelle a' poisson' for fish or possibly "Pele a Tarte", all with unique guilloche style engraved pattern in the shaped handles AND all beautifully kept in the original ebony or ebonized wood & brass inlaid fitted Napoleon III storage and/or presentation box! A wonderful set, complete and all pieces with matching pattern. Hallmarked sterling silver handles and blades/bowls on several pieces (including the truelle or pele). The French Minerve or Minerva on each, the tiny number "1" mark within designates them as being .950 silver content (95% pure, higher than the .925 standard for sterling silver). I can't quite make out the silversmith marks, they're both tiny and somewhat obscured but I'll see if a loop with enlarge them enough and add to the description if I'm