Large Wilkens Silver Cutlery f. 24 persons, 264 pieces

H. M. Wilkens & Söhne, Bremen, Large cutlery for 24 people, including fruit cutlery for 18 people. 9070 g (without filled knives). 264 pieces. Silver, partially gold-plated. Consisting of 24 large spoons, knives and forks, 24 medium forks and knives, 24 fish forks and fish knives, 24 teaspoons, 24 dessert forks, 18 fruit forks, 18 fruit knives, 12 serving pieces (1 soup ladle, 1 small ladle, 1 sauce ladle, 1 lifter, 1 cake server, 2 small knives, 1 meat fork, a two-piece salad server, 2 spoons). All pieces are marked with the Wilkens brand, 800, crescent, crown. With engraved owner monogram HH and partly with engraved dates. The cutlery comes from the possession of the Hülsmann family in Wanne-Eickel, who have been running the Hülsmann brewery there since the mid-19th century. In the 19th century, Heinrich Hülsmann married into the company that had existed since the 18th century, he and has been running the company under his name ever since. The Munich artist and graphic artist Ludwig Hohlwein designed postcards, posters and other advertising materials for the brewery in the 1920s.
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