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Teaspoon silver metal finely chiseled and openwork, punch House Christofle *, vintage twentieth century.
This tea pass is in its own juice. Hallmarked see photos.
A note: soil and traces of oxidation in the background, wear of time, see photos.
is a French goldsmith brand, founded in 1830 by Charles Christofle. His master goldsmith's hallmarks are deposited in 1845, date of the first manufacture of "goldsmith's silver". At the end of the 19th century, the Christofle house now produces silver-plated objects. In 1851, the Emperor Napoleon III commissioned all the official table services of the Empire at Christofle. From the second half of the nineteenth century, Christofle also became the supplier of ministries, embassies, parliaments around the world, but also luxury hotels, shipping companies and railways, both French and foreign.
