Selfish coffee service 4PC solid silver Minerva André Aucoc PB 814gr 19th century
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Self-serving coffee-tea service including a jug, a teapot, a sugar bowl and a milk jug, in finely chiseled solid silver, twisted gadroon body with applied foliage motifs, Minerva hallmark (1st title) and goldsmith's hallmark A .Aucoc*, blackened wooden handles, vintage late 19th-early 20th centuries.
This service is in good condition, high quality. All elements are hallmarked, see photos.
Note: some micro-scratches, dirt and wear over time on the silver, see photos.
is a French jeweler, jeweler and goldsmith 1887/1911. Hallmark: Two letters A Louis XVI separated by a spearhead surmounted by a rooster. Brother of Louis Aucoc of the Aucoc house founded in 1821. André Aucoc received a gold medal during the Universal Exhibition of 1889 then a grand prize during the Universal Exhibition of 19001. In 1900, he received the Legion of honor.