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Important silver tea service 950 thousandths with engraved decoration of the coats of arms of the families of Wendel and Montaigu in oval medallions, appearing three crossed hammers and two lions upright passing, framed of Hercules and a crowned lion for supporters and surmounted by the ducal crown animated by a crowned lion, hallmark of diamond goldsmith HB First half of the 20th century. It includes : - A fountain with a gadrooned body, the neck underlined by foliage scrolls, the handles decorated with jagged motifs, the gadrooned body with a spout simulating a stylized dolphin, resting on four feet decorated with piastres with foliage motifs ending in scrolls on turned wooden skids. The lid with a fretel simulating a melon. A small stove with a turned wooden handle and a gadrooned body is attached. Total gross weight : 3269 g Height : 46 cm - Width : 25 cm Shocks, missing a wooden skid - A teapot with a neck underlined by foliage scrolls, the handle decorated with foliage and two ivory rings, the spout with a shell motif, the gadrooned body resting on a poly-lobed and gadrooned pedestal. The lid with a fretel simulating a melon. Gross weight : 751 g Height : 17 cm - Width : 27,5 cm - Depth : 16,5 cm Small shocks - A sugar bowl with a neck underlined by foliage scrolls, the handles decorated with foliage, the spout with a shell motif, the body resting on a poly-lobed and gadrooned pedestal. The lid with a fretel simulating a melon. Gilded interior. Weight : 853 g Height : 18 cm - Width : 25 cm - Depth : 16 cm Shock - Milk jug with a neck underlined by foliage scrolls, the handle decorated with foliage, the spout with shells, the body with gadrooned decoration resting on a poly-lobed and gadrooned pedestal. The lid with a fretel simulating a melon. Gilded interior. Weight : 336g Height : 14 cm - Width : 17 cm - Depth : 11 cm Shock - Sugar tongs decorated with lions' paws and foliage. Weight : 76 g Height : 15 cm - Width : 2,5 cm Total gross weight of the set : 5285 g NB: it is about the coat of arms of Mr. Pierre de Montaigu (1844-1927), and his wife Marie-Louise de Wendel de Hayange (1851-1939). Pierre de Montaigu was notably deputy and senator of Loire-Inférieure, owner of the castle of la Bretesche in Missilac (44), of the hotel de Voguë in Paris, and of the villa Carolina in La Baule (44). We would like to thank Mr Alban PÉRÈS, Member of the French Society of Heraldry and Sigillography, Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences, Belles-lettres and Arts of Angers, for this identification.