A CHRISTOFLE PARIS SILVER SERVICE

Description:

late 19th century
H. 9,5/22 cm, D. 49 cm
Tea and coffee service, partially in vermeil, baluster shape with sides, handles and spouts decorated with vine leaves, spouts also decorated with vine leaves, comprising: a coffee pot, a teapot, a milk jug, a hot water jug and a covered sugar bowl, some with bone rings, French silver hallmarks, company's mark, CHRISTOFLE ARGENT MASSIV model nos. 308, 309, 310. 326, with circular silver-plated tray in the shape of a water lily leaf, with modelno. 1551387. Silverweight circa 3,355gr. Minute traces of use.
Important Rhenish private collection, probably with Sotheby's Monaco, 1990, Lot 1256