Two Cased French Vermeil .800 Silver Tea Flatware Sets

Two Cased French Vermeil .800 Silver Tea Flatware Sets, a twenty-one-piece set by Philippe Berthier, c. 1841-1851, containing eighteen sugar spoons, sugar tongs, seashell-shaped tea scoop, and square spout tea strainer, all in a brass-inlaid ebony fitted box with cartouche; and a fifteen-piece set with unidentified "L.J." maker's mark, including twelve sugar spoons, clawed sugar tongs, seashell-shaped tea scoop, and round spout tea strainer, all in a brass-inlaid rosewood fitted box with cartouche; approx. 23.65 troy oz.
Estimate $400-600

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