Christofle Silver Plated Flatware Set 12 Art Deco French Vintage 0911264

Christofle silver plated flatware set

Stamped clearly on the back of each piece with the Christofle name and house mark, this is a full menagere -- a classic French flatware service -- in silver plate by Christofle, France's most celebrated silversmith and the maker long preferred by French bourgeois households and grand hotels alike. The pattern features the distinctive coquille, or shell, motif at the tip of every handle, flanked by fine reeded borders, a design associated with the restrained elegance of the Art Deco period.

The service spans eight types of pieces across twelve place settings: four sizes of spoons including a generous soup spoon and a serving ladle, two sizes of forks, and two sizes of knives with their silver-handled bolsters and steel blades. The shell finial is crisply cast and reads beautifully at the table, lending even a casual dinner a note of Parisian formality. Christofle silver plated flatware sets of this scale are the backbone of a well-dressed French table, equally at home with linen napkins and candlelight or pulled out for a relaxed Sunday lunch.

Condition and patina consistent with age. Light surface scratching visible on the bowls of the spoons and on the knife blades, as expected from decades of regular use; the shell motifs and reeded detail on the handles remain well defined throughout.

Piece lengths: tablespoons approx. 7.9 in (20 cm); dessert spoons approx. 6.5 in (16.5 cm); coffee or tea spoons approx. 5.3 in (13.5 cm); serving ladle approx. 7.9 in (20 cm); dinner forks approx. 9.6 in (24.5 cm); dinner knives approx. 9.6 in (24.5 cm); dessert forks approx. 6.5 in (16.5 cm); dessert knives approx. 7.7 in (19.5 cm).

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