CHRISTOFLE - "DELAFOSSE" Model - Lot 45

CHRISTOFLE - "DELAFOSSE" Model Louis XVI-style silver plated cutlery set for 12 guests, comprising 49 pieces: - 12 dinner forks. L: 21.5 cm; - 12 dinner spoons. L: 21.5 cm; - 12 dinner knives. L: 25.7 cm; - 12 dessert knives. L: 22.2 cm; - 1 ladle. L: 31.8 cm. Handles with a violin-shaped profile, decorated with a scalloped pattern of foliage, rosettes, and leafy garlands. Hallmarks of the silversmith’s house: (“CC” and scales), used between 1844 and 1935. Full-letter signatures of the CHRISTOFLE house on the handles. Shows signs of use (probable repairs to the blades, black marks). In a wooden cutlery case with 2 trays. Case dimensions: H: 11.4 cm. W: 37.2 cm. D: 30.6 cm. Model created in 1907, inspired by the Louis XVI period with motifs drawn from Antiquity. These ornaments are derived from the work of Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734–1789), a French ornamentalist and architect who theorized the Louis XVI style and heralded the dawn of Classicism. This design was notably chosen by the Parisian hotel Le Meurice to enhance its tables.