Large silver cutlery set in vermeil chased with palmettes and shells with lamp bases in scrolls of clasps, numbered DP. Minerve Most pieces by the Veuve Jamet, Paris. 1852-1860 and a few pieces by Puiforcat et Queille, Paris circa 1880 comprising : Twenty-four large place settings and eleven large forks, twenty-four dessert place settings, thirty-five large knives, twenty-four small cheese knives with steel blades, twenty-four fruit knives with mother-of-pearl handles, silver blades, twelve dessert spoons, four sauce spoons, three sprinkling spoons, a sugar tong, four salt spoons, a pie server, a carving cutlery set, two shaping cutlery sets, two strawberry scoops, a salad server of slightly different design. In boxes marked Touron, supplier to SM L'Empereur, 101 rue Richelieu, Paris. Total gross weight: 13360 g Provenance: Paris Paris Sotheby's sale 1 April 2008