PUIFORCAT. Important silver and vermeil menagère - in its original case in rosewood and brass veneer, model with moving nets and acanthus leaf stems. It includes : - twenty-four table forks, - twelve table spoons, - twenty-four table knives with metal blades, - twenty-four vermeil dessert forks, - twelve vermeil dessert spoons, - twelve lobster forks, - twelve oyster forks, - twelve fish cutlery, - twelve vermeil cheese knives with metal blades, - twelve vermeil fruit knives with vermeil blades, - twelve silver-gilt coffee spoons, - twelve gold plated ice cream scoops, - a four-piece hors d'oeuvre service, - a two-piece salad server with a vermeil spoon, - a small vermeil ladle, - one serving piece, - two sauce spoons, - two cheese serving knives in gilt and metal blades, - a fish serving fork, - one serving spoon, - a small two-piece serving set, - a shovel to serve the ice cream in vermeil. Hallmarks : Minerve and signature PUIFORCAT on the blades. Goldsmith : E.P. The box signed and complete with its key. Weight of the weighable pieces : 10740 grams, 950°/00 Gross weight of the knives in silver and metal blades : 2891 grams, 950°/00 Gross weight of fruit knives in filled silver and silver blades : 770 grams, 950°/00 Total gross weight : 14401 grams approx. H_33 cm W_56 cm D_37 cm (case), W_20.5 cm (table forks), W_20.5 cm (table spoons), W_ 24.5 cm (table knives), W_17 cm (vermeil dessert forks), W_ 17 cm (vermeil dessert spoons), W_ 17, 5 cm and 20,5 cm (fish cutlery), L_20 cm (cheese knives in gilt and metal blades), L_20 cm (fruit knives in gilt and gilt blades), L_12,3 cm (coffee spoons in gilt), L_13,8 cm (ice scoops in gilt)