An important part of a household set in first-rate silver (9 - Lot 41

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7000 - 10000 EUR
An important part of a household set in first-rate silver (9 - Lot 41
An important part of a household set in first-rate silver (950°/°°) decorated with double filets, baguettes and acanthus leaf scrolls after an 18th-century Parisian model. All pieces engraved with a double VB monogram. In 2 original cases, one in wood, the other in black chagrin signed A.Aucoc 6 rue de la Paix, Paris. Goldsmith: André Aucoc Parisian work from the last third of the 19th century. It comprises : - 48 large knives with steel blades and forged silver handles (gross weight 4105 g) - 44 table forks (4268 g) - 28 table spoons (2572 g) - 23 dessert spoons (1435 g) - 22 dessert forks (1320 g) - 18 fish knives with silver blades and silver-coated handles (gross weight 1122 g) - 18 dessert knives silver blades, handles silver plated (gross weight 979 g) - 18 entremet knives, steel blades, silver-filled handles (gross weight 900 g) - 15 coffee spoons (525 g) - 16 moka spoons (400 g) - 2 cheese knives: one with silver blade, the other with steel blade (gross weight 106 g) - Sauce ladle (125 g) - Salad servers (259 g) - Ladle (250 g) - Sugar tongs (106 g) - Mustard ladle (29 g) - 1 sauce ladle (124 g) Total weight of silver pieces: 11,413 g. Total gross weight: 7212 g. André Aucoc follows in the footsteps of the prestigious Parisian firm Aucoc, founded in 1821 and, over the course of the XIXᵉ century, one of the major players in French goldsmithing and jewelry. Active mainly in the second half of the century, André Aucoc helped establish the company's reputation with a production of silverware characterized by high-quality workmanship, rigorous technical mastery and a marked attachment to forms inherited from the eighteenth-century repertoire. Located on Rue de la Paix, Aucoc supplied a prestigious clientele, including the aristocracy and several European courts, and played an active role in the Universal Exhibitions, where it embodied the excellence of French know-how.
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