June Online Auction (Sale #278)

French Sterling Silver (950) Serving Utensil Set

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

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Description

French Sterling Silver (950) Serving Utensil Set

(27) serving items including meat, fish, vegetables, cheese, fruit and dessert; hollow handles having the Minerva mark; most blades / bowls / tines out of various non-silver materials including brass and having a square maker mark ‘G V’ with a goblet between the initials, possibly Gustav Veyrat (1894-1911); all but one piece having a poppy pattern; leather covered fitted storage box made in Lyon, France

Property from: a Westmont, Illinois estate

Length: 12 3/4 inches (carving knife)

Condition: Very Good, overall light wear; storage box and all but one handle monogrammed ‘SA’, other handle illegibly monogrammed; handles XRF tested as silver, purity 95% silver, 5% copper

Category: Silver & Metalware > European Silver

Estimated Sale Time: 4:24 pm CST

Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot.
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Sales Tax: Illinois (8.000%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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Condition: Very Good, overall light wear; storage box and all but one handle monogrammed ‘SA’, other handle illegibly monogrammed; handles XRF tested as silver, purity 95% silver, 5% copper

Dimensions: 12.75 in