Extensive silver flatware service for 12 persons (142 pieces), Germany, c. 1920–1940
Description
Medium: silver (800 standard), stainless steel blades (knives)
Total weight: 7.380 g - comprising cake forks, small forks, small knives, table knives, table forks, fish knives, dessert spoons, cake knives, coffee spoons, table spoons, serving utensils, candlesticks
Hallmarks: “800” silver standard mark; model and catalogue numbers (including “38” with series 588–610); Romanian control mark for silver (various pieces)
Provenance
Private Collection, Romania
Location
Bucharest, Romania
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Description
A complete and coherent flatware service comprising 142 pieces for twelve persons, executed in 800 standard silver. The ensemble includes a full range of table and dessert cutlery, together with fish service elements, coffee spoons, serving utensils and a pair of small table candlesticks.
The knives retain silver handles and stainless steel blades produced in Solingen (Grasoli, marked “Rostfrei”), reflecting standard German practice of the period. All other pieces are executed in silver, with a unified design language characterised by balanced proportions and restrained ornament, typical of interwar German production.
Detailed composition and dimensions:
- 12 cake forks – length 15.5 cm; handle width 1.5 cm; tine width 1.5 cm – 340 g
- 12 small forks – length 18.1 cm; tine length 6.5 cm; tine width 2.5 cm; handle width 2 cm – 560 g
- 12 small knives – length 21 cm; blade length 11.7 cm; blade width 2 cm; handle width 2 cm – 640 g
- 12 table knives – length 25.2 cm; blade length 14.5 cm; blade width 2 cm; handle width 2.3 cm – 930 g
- 12 table forks – length 21.3 cm; tine length 7.5 cm; tine width 2.8 cm; handle width 2.5 cm – 820 g
- 12 fish knives – length 21 cm; blade width 2.8 cm; handle width 2 cm – 710 g
- 12 dessert spoons – length 15 cm; bowl length 5 cm; bowl width 2.8 cm; handle width 1.6 cm – 320 g
- 12 cake knives – length 18 cm; blade length 9.4 cm; blade width 1.9 cm; handle width 1.2 cm – 420 g
- 12 coffee spoons – length 15 cm; bowl length 4 cm; bowl width 2.2 cm; handle width 1.1 cm – 190 g
- 12 table spoons – length 22 cm; bowl length 7.5 cm; bowl width 4.4 cm; handle width 2.5 cm – 850 g
- 12 serving utensils – 870 g
- 2 small candlesticks – height 2.8 cm; diameter 4.4 cm – 70 g
All pieces bear Romanian control marks for silver, indicating later circulation and official verification within Romania. The presence of multiple stamped numbers (including “38” associated with sequences such as 588, 589, 591, 594, 597, 598, 600, 601, 604, 605, 609, 610) corresponds to model and catalogue references within the original production system.
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