A FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE

A FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE-SERVICE
MARK OF PIERRE QUEILLE, PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Hour-glass pattern with foliage borders, applied with 'AC' cypher below a Royal crown, comprising:
Twenty-four table-forks Twelve silver-gilt dessert-spoons
Twelve silver-gilt dessert-forks Eighteen oyster-forks
Twelve silver-gilt teaspoons Twelve teaspoons, one differing, engraved with an initial 'A'
A soup-ladle A sauce-ladle
A silver-gilt serving spoon A mustard-spoon, applied with a crown
Two shell-shaped salt-cellars each on turtle foot, mark of Louis Aucoc, Paris, second half 19th century
Four salt-spoons, applied with a crown
and the following with filled handles, mark of Armand-Edouard Cardeilhac, Paris, second half 19th century
Twenty-four table-knives with steel blades, maker's mark rubbed, the blades stamped 'Maillet Cannes'
Twelve silver-gilt cheese-knives with steel handles, the blades stamped 'Aucoc Aine Paris'
Twelve silver-gilt dessert-knives with silver blades A pair of fish-servers
A pair of salad-servers with ivory attachments A pierced serving-spoon with shaped bowl
A serving-spoon with shaped bowl A serving-fork
In a near contemporary ormolu-mounted ebonised wood canteen with hinged cover and folding front panel with applied Sèvres-style panels, inlaid inside the cover with mahogany and later set with a brass plaque engraved with 'AC' cypher below a royal crown, with later fitted interior, the interior with two drawers, signed Alphonse Giroux
The canteen: 27 ¼ in. (69.5 cm.) wide
weighable silver 187 oz. 6 dwt. (5,825 gr.)