A FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE OF FLATWARE AND CUTLERY IN A FITTED 6-LAYER WOODEN CANTEEN, MADE FOR A MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN ROYAL FAMILY

A FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE OF FLATWARE AND CUTLERY IN A FITTED 6-LAYER WOODEN CANTEEN, MADE FOR A MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN ROYAL FAMILY
MARK OF PAUL CANAUX & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1900 AND RETAILED BY LEVERRIER OF PARIS
The fronts of each piece (except the mother-of-pearl handled pieces) chased with musical trophies incorporating Breton bagpipes and ribbon-tied floral swags, the backs chased with the Imperial Iranian arms or, in the case of smaller pieces, the Imperial crown, comprising:- 24 each of dessert spoons. dessert forks, teaspoons, fish knives (silver blades engraved with amatory trophies), fish forks, table spoons, cheese knives with mother-of-pearl handles and stainless steel blades and fruit knives with mother-of-pearl handles and silver-gilt blades, 48 table forks, 48 table knives with stainless steel blades, 2 mother-of-pearl handled cheese knives with stainless steel blades, 8 various small serving pieces and 20 larger serving pieces including 2 asparagus servers, 2 pairs of salad servers, 4 sauce ladles, 2 fruit spoons and 2 basting spoons, 2 serving spoons and 2 cold meat forks
Weighable silver approx. 454 oz. (14301 gm.)