Vermeil tea service comprising 18 tea spoons, a tea strainer (2nd title), a tea leaf (2nd title), sugar tongs and a punch ladle, all in the Louis XV style, decorated with scrolls, acanthus foliage and shells. The spoon spatulas are monogrammed HP in Gothic. In its black wooden case, enhanced with brass fillets, the interior sheathed in red (accidents). Goldsmiths: -the spoons by Nicolas-Pierre Béguin (1840-1847) -sugar tongs by Louis Isidore Angée (1834-1842) -punch ladle, tea leaf and tea strainer by Louis Benoit (1828-1858) Paris, circa 1840. Weight: 535.5 g

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