Sixteen Empire dessert knives, Paris 1819-1838 - Master gold - Lot 97

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Sixteen Empire dessert knives, Paris 1819-1838 - Master gold - Lot 97
Sixteen Empire dessert knives, Paris 1819-1838 - Master goldsmith Antoine Vital Cardeilhac. The handles are in mother-of-pearl decorated with a pink gold coat of arms, the rounded vermeil blades are decorated with chiselled foliage at their base, the ferrules are in vermeil decorated with twisted flutes and friezes of florets and leaves, and the bases in vermeil also decorated with confronted horns of plenty and a frieze of florets and leaves. Weight : 685 g. Mark of title: Head of old man Paris 1819-1838 950 thousandths - Mark of guarantee: head of Ceres. Mark of Master: VC surmounted by a crowned cross of the Legion of Honor and a crescent below - Condition report: two curved blade tips.
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