A Louis XV and XVI Silver Armorial Table Service For Eighteen, Paris and Versailles, Circa 1750-85

Fiddle & Thread pattern, comprising:

6 tablespoons and 6 table forks engraved with arms under a duke’s coronet, supported by two lions, consisting of five spoons and six forks by Nicolas Gontier, Paris, 1772, one spoon by another, Paris 1776;

6 tablespoons and 6 forks engraved with accollé arms under count’s coronet, consisting of two spoons and two forks by Jacques Chambert, Versailles, circa 1785, one spoon and one fork by Philippe Rousseau, Paris, circa 1775, others Paris 1749;

6 tablespoons and 6 table forks engraved with arms with lion supporters under a duke’s coronet, consisting of three spoons and three forks, maker’s mark I G, circa 1780, and three spoons and three forks, maker’s mark G A G, with crowned O, circa 1780.

Together with: 18 pistol-handled table knives with scrolled tips and steel blades, nine with maker’s mark HF conjoined in oval, town mark a key perhaps Louvain, and nine maker’s mark not clear, town mark an incuse key, circa 1770.

54 pieces

100 1/2 oz, excluding knives; 3125g