Two silver sugar spoons.
Two silver sugar spoons. One, rocaille model decorated with stylized shells, spatula engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a marquis crown, two chimeras in support. The shell spoon is decorated with stylized foliage. Work in the style of the 18th century, hallmarks imitating those of the Ancien Régime. The second, pyriform model with scrolls, leafy clasps, the spoon pierced with a stylized rosette. Minerve hallmark, 950 thousandths, after 1838. Goldsmith: Eugène Queillé or his son Elvire Queillé (1847-1895) Total weight: 164 g.
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Two silver sugar spoons. One, rocaille model decorated with stylized shells, spatula engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a marquis crown, two chimeras in support. The shell spoon is decorated with stylized foliage. Work in the style of the 18th century, hallmarks imitating those of the Ancien Régime. The second, pyriform model with scrolls, leafy clasps, the spoon pierced with a stylized rosette. Minerve hallmark, 950 thousandths, after 1838. Goldsmith: Eugène Queillé or his son Elvire Queillé (1847-1895) Total weight: 164 g.