PUIFORCAT et TABOURET 16 Rue Chapon in Paris Superb lunch service composed of eighteen silver plates with contoured filets stapled with foliage and flowers, and eighteen cake forks with slightly violinized handles, stapled with a shell. The set is numbered DM. Marked: Minerve and PUIFORCAT and on each letter of the alphabet in capital letters Weight of the plates : 4143 g Weight of the forks : 783 g Total weight : 4926 g BL In the original case for the plates

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