Antique silver, salt cellars cutlery, 950, Pierre Bezou, beg XX c, 193.9g/6.8oz

Description

Set of antique French silver
1.
Beautiful antique salt cellars with floral pattern, gilding, glass insert and original spoons. Sold in original antique box.
Hallmarks: Minerve 1 (1838-1973, 950 silver standard), PB with gear (Pierre Bezou, since 1921)
The condition of salt cellars is very good, with traces of age and usage and age stains. The condition of box is good, with traces of age and usage, small age stains, tears and small hole on lid. Lid opening mechanism is slightly damaged, does not affect usage.
Total weigth (with box) 254.1 g/ 9 oz
Total weight (without box) 82.5 g/ 3 oz
Weight of silver 29.1 g/ 1.025 oz
Box: size 5.5x18.5x10 cm/ 2.2x7.3x4 in
Salt cellars: height 3.5 cm/ 1.4 in, length 6 cm/ 2.4 in, width 4 cm/ 1.6 in
Spoons: 7 cm/ 2.75 in
2.
A pair of elegant cutlery in the same style. Spoon with vegetal pattern, fork - Puiforcat Bougainville pattern with ribbons and AG monogram on the back.
Hallmarks: both - Minerva 1 (1838-1973, 950 silver standard)
- spoon: VB with two stars and a crescent (Victor Boivin, from 1897)
- fork: EP with knife
The EP hallmark with the knife belongs to the iconic French jeweler Emile Puiforcat. The mark was registered in 1857. At the beginning of the 20th century, during the Art Deco era, his grandson Jean Elisée (Emile) Puiforcat took the hallmark of Emile and made his family even more famous. Maison Puiforcat still exists today. The famous American artist Andy Warhol was a collector of Puiforcat silver. On the large ocean liner SS Normandy, tables were served with Puiforcat cutlery. Louis Victor
Puiforcat
, the ancestor of the family, created a gilded silver goblet for Queen Anne of Austria, mother of Louis XIV.
The condition is close to excellent, small traces of use and age, age stains, a small dent and micro-slips on the working part of the spoon (see photo, not a hindrance to use)
Weight 164.8 g/ 5.8 oz, length 21.5 and 21 cm/ 8.5 and 8.3 in
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