170 - Game/leg of lamb serving set (2 pieces) with 950-fine silver mounted handles, featuring Louis XVI-style decoration of floral garlands and acanthus leaves; the leaf is engraved with the monogram "LH," comprising:

Game/leg of lamb serving set (2 pieces) with 950-fine silver mounted handles, featuring Louis XVI-style decoration of floral garlands and acanthus leaves; the leaf is engraved with the monogram "LH," comprising: ⎼ A knife with a steel blade (length: 32 cm) ⎼ A large fork with a steel tine and a pheasant-shaped metal pivot (length: 17.5 cm) Silversmith’s hallmark: Philippe Berthier, admitted in 1847 France, 19th century, Second Empire period Total gross weight: 173 g (Minor oxidation and wear; the prongs of the fork are slightly bent) The workshop of Philippe Berthier, a prolific silversmith of the Second Empire, was initially located at 23 Rue aux Ours, then at 63 Passage Beaufort, and finally at 21 Rue Quincampoix. He struck his first hallmark, "P a garden well B," on June 1, 1841; the hallmark was struck through on June 28, 1845. A second hallmark, "P une bécasse B," was struck on June 5, 1847, and the same hallmark was struck again on June 20, 1851. The business was taken over by Alphonse Debain in 1883.