Description
JEAN DESPRES (1889-1980) Part of a hammered silver (Minerve) menagère with applied flame decoration and three half-pearls Goldsmith's hallmark including 12 large place settings Weight: 2.583 kg L. fork: 21.2 cm L. spoon: 21 cm And 12 knives with steel blades and silver-plated handles, some signed with a needle Knife length: 22.5 cm Bibliography : -M. Gabardi, Jean Després, Bijoutier et orfèvre, entre Art Déco et modernité, Paris, 2009, model to be compared with those reproduced pp. 154 and 190
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JEAN DESPRES (1889-1980) Part of a hammered silver (Minerve) menagère with applied flame decoration and three half-pearls Goldsmith's hallmark including 12 large place settings Weight: 2.583 kg L. fork: 21.2 cm L. spoon: 21 cm And 12 knives with steel blades and silver-plated handles, some signed with a needle Knife length: 22.5 cm Bibliography : -M. Gabardi, Jean Després, Bijoutier et orfèvre, entre Art Déco et modernité, Paris, 2009, model to be compared with those reproduced pp. 154 and 190
