CHRISTOFLE - Lot 90

CHRISTOFLE Suite of 3 silver-plated cutlery sets, "Peau de lion" model. Includes three forks and three spoons (6 pieces). Grooved stems decorated with crossed lion skins. Spatulas ending in lion heads. Scrolled spoon attachments. Back of spatulas engraved with a mavelot: "GH"? Hallmarks of CHRISTOFLE: ("CC" and a scale), employed from 1844 to 1935. Signatures in full: "CHRISTOFLE". L. fork: 21.6 cm. L. spoons: 21.4 cm. In a white cloth branded case (5.5 x 24.8 x 24 cm). This model was designed in 1868 by Charles ROSSIGNEUX for the Marquise de PAIVA and is now on display at the Musée d'Orsay. Visible on p. 121 of Henri BOUILHET's book "L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe s". Paris 1912.