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A Cartier Agate, Diamond, 18k Yellow Gold, Guilloché Enamel and Vermeil Calendar Clock, Paris, circa 1910
Marks to reverse: Cartier, Paris, 393
Marks to movement: M, 110599
4-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches (10.8 x 10.8 cm)
326 grams (gross)

Auction 8166 | Lot: 74006 | May 16, 2024

Sold For: $68,750.00

Make Offer to Owner
$103,125 or more
A French 18K Vari-Color Gold, Diamond, and Ruby Photograph Frame, circa 1890
7-1/8 x 5 x 0-3/8 inches (18.1 x 12.7 x 1.0 cm)
478 grams (15.37 troy ounces) (gross)

Auction 8166 | Lot: 74009 | May 16, 2024

Sold For: $47,500.00

Make Offer to Owner
$71,250 or more
A Two Hundred-Piece Jean Puiforcat Monaco Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Twelve, Paris, circa 1930
Marks to largest: (E-penknife-P), (Minerva)
11-7/8 x 3-1/8 x 1-5/8 inches (30.2 x 7.9 x 4.1 cm) (largest, bouillon ladle)
10690 grams (343.69 troy ounces) (weighable)

(Total: 201)
Auction 8204 | Lot: 74223 | May 9, 2025

Sold For: $42,500.00
A One Hundred Eight-Piece Puiforcat Royal Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Twelve, Paris, designed 1775
Marks: (diamond-E-penknife-P), (Minerva), (various)
9-3/4 inches (24.8 cm) (longest, dinner knife)
160.51 troy ounces (weighable)

(Total: 108)
Auction 8044 | Lot: 74203 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $37,500.00
Maison Desny (French, est. 1922)
Eight-Piece Cocktail Set, circa 1930
Silver-plated brass
10-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches (26.0 x 10.8 cm) (shaker)
Marks to shaker: DESNY PARIS, MADE IN FRANCE, DEPOSE, 18, (cipher)

(Total: 8 Items)
Auction 8064 | Lot: 67167 | Jul 15, 2021

Sold For: $35,000.00
A Large Alexandre-Auguste Turquet Silver Centerpiece with Original Acid-Etched Glass Bowl, Paris, 1855-1882
Marks: (Minerva head), TURQUET, (star-lion rampant-AAT), À PARIS
14-3/4 x 22 x 13 inches (37.5 x 55.9 x 33.0 cm)
8890 grams
Inscription: Palma Virtuti

Auction 8081 | Lot: 74001 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $26,250.00
A One Hundred Seventy-Four-Piece Puiforcat Royal Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Eighteen, Paris, designed 1775
Marks: PUIFORCAT, FRANCE, (diamond-E-penknife-P), (Minerva)
9-7/8 inches (25.1 cm) (longest, dinner knife)
7832 grams (weighable)

(Total: 174)
Auction 8081 | Lot: 74074 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $25,000.00
A Forty-Piece Puiforcat Royal Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Eight, Paris, designed 1775
Marks: (E-penknife-P), (Minerva)
9-3/4 inches (24.8 cm) (longest, dinner knives)
2034 grams (65.40 troy ounces) (weighable)

Auction 8204 | Lot: 74031 | May 9, 2025

Sold For: $23,750.00
A Pair of Massive French Silver Candelabras, 19th century
Marks: (Minerva), Ghiso, MS Co.
26 x 22 x 22 inches (66.0 x 55.9 x 55.9 cm) (each)
19000 grams (610.8735 troy ounces)

(Total: 2)
Auction 8123 | Lot: 74187 | May 16, 2023

Sold For: $22,500.00
A One Hundred-One-Piece Jean E. Puiforcat Cannes Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Twenty-Four, France, designed 1928
Marks: (E-penknife-P), (Minerva), PUIFORCAT, FRANCE
10-1/8 inches (25.7 cm) (longest, salad serving spoon)
162.02 troy ounces (weighable)

The flatware service comprising:
24 hollow knives;
24 dinner forks;
24 salad forks;
24 teaspoons;
1 vegetable serving fork;
1 solid smooth casserole spoon;
1 sugar tongs;
1 salad serving fork;
1 salad serving spoon.
101 Total

(Total: 101)
Auction 8005 | Lot: 74179 | May 5, 2020

Sold For: $21,250.00

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$31,875 or more
Émile Hermès (French, 1871-1951)
Art Deco Cocktail Shaker
Silver with gold wash
Marks: HERMÈS, PARIS, (E-stirrup-H cipher), (Minerva's head)
1125 x 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches (2,857.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
22.6 troy ounces

Auction 8064 | Lot: 67170 | Jul 15, 2021

Sold For: $17,500.00
A Two Hundred Eighty-Seven-Piece Maison Cardeilhac Silver Flatware Service, Paris, late 19th century
Marks to tallest: (Minerva), (cross-JPC)
13 inches (33.0 cm) (tallest)
294.22 troy ounces (weighable)

The flatware service comprising:
30 dinner knives;
18 fish knives;
18 place knives;
11 butter spreaders;
12 knife rests;
18 dinner forks;
18 place forks;
18 fish forks;
12 strawberry forks;
12 dessert forks;
24 mollusk picks;
12 lobster picks;
17 teaspoons;
12 place spoons;
12 cream soup spoons;
12 bouillon spoons;
12 five o'clock teaspoons;
6 iced tea spoons;
1 chipped beef fork;
1 soup ladle;
1 master fish knife;
1 cranberry server;
1 gravy ladle;
1 serving set (2 pieces);
1 serving knife rest;
1 cheese plane;
1 cheese scoop;
2 cheese knives;
1 pair of scissors;
1 silver and wood cake knife.
287 Total

(Total: 288)
Auction 8005 | Lot: 74124 | May 5, 2020

Sold For: $15,000.00

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$22,500 or more
A Three-Piece Jean Puiforcat Silver Art Deco Tea Set, Paris, early 20th century
Marks: JEAN E. PUIFORCAT, E(penknife)P, (Minerva)
6-1/4 x 7-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches (15.9 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm) (tallest, coffee pot)
1686 grams (54.20 troy ounces) (gross)

(Total: 3)
Auction 8204 | Lot: 74221 | May 9, 2025

Sold For: $12,500.00
A Louis-François Tronquoy 18K Gold, Diamond, and Guilloche Enamel Snuff Box, Paris, mid-19th century and later
Marks: (Hippocrates-3), LT, Bassot à Paris
1-1/8 x 3-1/2 x 2-3/8 inches (2.9 x 8.9 x 6.0 cm)
5.2 ounces (gross)

Property from the Dr. David Mehler Collection

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, From Earth to Fire, May 1, 2018, lot 382.

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74150 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $12,500.00
A Set of Eight Martin-Guillaume Biennais Silver Plates, Paris, circa 1798
Marks: (Martin-Guillaume Biennais hallmark), (1st unofficial hallmark of Silversmiths' Association (Association des Orfévres) 1795-1797), (standard mark, Paris), (guarantee mark 85)
0-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches (1.9 x 23.5 cm)
4480 grams (144.0376 troy ounces)
Inscription: Royal Arms of William IV and Queen Adelaide of England

Property from a Shreveport, Louisiana Estate

(Total: 8)
Auction 8123 | Lot: 74194 | May 16, 2023

Sold For: $11,875.00
A Forty-Four-Piece Puiforcat Royal Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Eight, Paris, designed 1775
Marks: (diamond-E-penknife-P), (Minerva), (various)
10-1/4 inches (26.0 cm) (longest, serving fork)
2462 grams (79.1564 troy ounces) (weighable)

(Total: 44)
Auction 8101 | Lot: 74148 | Nov 15, 2022

Sold For: $11,250.00

Make Offer to Owner
$16,875 or more
A One Hundred Seven-Piece Assembled French Partial Gilt Silver Flatware Service for Twelve from the Royal Egyptian Collection of Khedive Isma'il Pashsa, mid-19th century
Marks: (various French hallmarks)
10-3/4 inches (27.3 cm) (longest, serving spoon)
142.92 troy ounces (weighable)

PROVENANCE:
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan Isma'il Pasha, Cairo.
Private Collection, New York.

The partial flatware service, with crown above monogram IP, comprising:
12 dinner knives
12 luncheon knives;
12 butter spreaders;
12 dinner forks;
24 luncheon forks;
12 dessert spoons;
10 soup spoons;
7 teaspoons;
2 serving spoons;
2 pierced serving spoons;
2 scoops.
107 Total
(Total: 107 Items)
Auction 5403 | Lot: 74166 | Apr 24, 2019

Sold For: $11,250.00
A Pierre LeClère 18K Gold Snuff Box, Paris, 1786-1787
Marks: (crown-P-86), (crowned fleur-de-lis-LCL), (partially struck)
1-1/8 x 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches (2.7 x 8.1 x 6.2 cm)
4.10 troy ounces

Property from the Collection of Dr. David Mehler

PROVENANCE:
Christie's, London, OPULENCE: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art, November 29, 2016, lot no. 3.

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74142 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $10,625.00
An Alphonse Debain Silver Kettle-on-Stand, Paris, circa 1900
Marks: (Minerva), (A-woodcock-D)
19-1/4 x 11-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (48.9 x 28.6 x 21.6 cm)
4004 grams (128.7336 troy ounces)

Auction 8123 | Lot: 74190 | May 16, 2023

Sold For: $10,000.00

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$15,000 or more
A One Hundred Eighty Four-Piece Tétard Frères Trocadero Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Twelve, Paris, late 19th/early 20th century
Marks to longest: (oil lamp-T FRES), (Minerva)
11-1/2 inches (29.2 cm) (longest, bread knife)
9254 grams (297.53 troy ounces) (weighable)

(Total: 3)
Auction 8180 | Lot: 74164 | Nov 13, 2024

Sold For: $9,375.00

Make Offer to Owner
$14,062 or more
A Group of Eighteen Puiforcat Royal Pattern Silver Flatware Serving Pieces, Paris, designed 1775
Marks: PUIFORCAT, FRANCE, (diamond-E-penknife-P), (Minerva)
10-5/8 inches (26.9 cm) (longest, round serving spoon)
1950 grams (weighable)

(Total: 18)
Auction 8081 | Lot: 74075 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $9,375.00
A Set of Twelve Robert Sharpe Silver Order of the Garter Dinner Plates, London, 1801
Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head), (duty mark), RS, F
9-3/4 inches (24.8 cm)
6982 grams

(Total: 12)
Auction 8081 | Lot: 74055 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $8,750.00
An Emile Puiforcat Silver Figural Tankard, France, late 19th century
Marks: E(penknife)P, (Mercury)
12-1/4 x 7-1/8 x 5-3/4 inches (31.1 x 18.1 x 14.6 cm)
1470 grams (47.26 troy ounces)

Auction 8204 | Lot: 74043 | May 9, 2025

Sold For: $8,437.50
A Pair of French Louis XV Silver Candlesticks, circa 1727
Marks: (crowned-A), (crowned-K), LC
8-1/8 x 5-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches (20.6 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm) (each)
803 grams (25.82 troy ounces)
Monogram: H

(Total: 2)
Auction 8227 | Lot: 74037 | Nov 12, 2025

Sold For: $8,125.00

Make Offer to Owner
$12,188 or more
A Seventy-Eight-Piece Married Orfèvrerie Christofle Renaissance Pattern Silver Partial Flatware Service for Ten, Paris, 1991
Marks to largest: (O-bee-C), (Minerva), (crown-croix), CARDEILHAC
10-3/8 inches (26.4 cm) (largest, dinner knife)
3264 grams (104.94 troy ounces) (weighable)

Auction 8204 | Lot: 74332 | May 9, 2025

Sold For: $8,125.00

Make Offer to Owner
$12,188 or more
A Pair of French Rococo-Style Silver Three-Light Candelabra, 19th century
Marks: (Minerva)
17-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (44.5 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm) (each)
5786 grams (186.03 troy ounces)

(Total: 4)
Auction 8180 | Lot: 74033 | Nov 13, 2024

Sold For: $8,125.00

Make Offer to Owner
$12,188 or more
A Set of Twelve Jean Puiforcat Silver Place Card Holders Retailed by Cartier, Paris, mid to late 19th century
Marks: (Minerva), (E-pen knife-P), CARTIER, MADE IN FRANCE
1-5/8 x 2 x 0-5/8 inches (4.1 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm) (each)
433 grams (13.92 troy ounces)

Auction 8166 | Lot: 74101 | May 16, 2024

Sold For: $8,125.00

Make Offer to Owner
$12,188 or more
Maison Desny (French, est. 1922)
Group of Six Cocktail Cups
Silver-plated brass
4-3/4 x 3 inches (12.1 x 7.6 cm) (each)
Marks: DESNY PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE/ MÉTAL ARGENTE / DEPOSÉ

(Total: 6 Items)
Auction 8064 | Lot: 67168 | Jul 15, 2021

Sold For: $8,125.00
A Two Hundred and Forty-Two-Piece Christofle Talisman Pattern Silver-Plated and Lacquer Flatware Service for Twenty-Four, Paris, designed 1995
Marks: (G-scales-C), CHRISTOFLE, (I-OG-knight), FRANCE, LAQUE DE CHINE
11-1/2 inches (29.2 cm) (longest, punch ladle)

The service comprising:
24 knives;
24 fish knives;
24 forks;
24 7-inch fish forks;
24 6-5/8-inch fish forks;
22 dessert forks;
24 oval soup spoons;
44 teaspoons;
24 butter spreaders;
1 pie & cake server;
2 serving forks;
4 serving spoons;
1 soup ladle;
2 gravy ladles.
242 Total

(Total: 242 Items)
Auction 5418 | Lot: 74021 | Nov 7, 2019

Sold For: $8,125.00
A French Cobalt Enameled 14K Gold Snuffbox, circa 1860
Marks: (lozenge-C), (partially struck guarantee mark)
1 x 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches (2.5 x 9.5 x 7.0 cm)
90 grams (gross)

Auction 8227 | Lot: 74034 | Nov 12, 2025

Sold For: $7,500.00
French Silver Knife and Tablespoon Set with Napoleon's Coat of Arms in Original Fitted Case, Paris, early 19th century
Marks: (undeciphered), (guarantee mark), (rooster), (effaced maker's mark)
9-3/8 inches (23.8 cm)
85 grams (2.73 troy ounces) (weighable)

Auction 8205 | Lot: 61094 | Jun 5, 2025

Sold For: $7,500.00
A French Silver-Plated Duck Press, circa 1930
18 x 12-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches (45.7 x 31.1 x 19.1 cm) (base 18 x 11-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches)
Inscription: Jack and Charlie's '21' (with 21 Club insignia)

Auction 8081 | Lot: 74028 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $7,500.00

Make Offer to Owner
$11,250 or more
A Jean-Baptiste Lizon 18K Vari-Color Gold Snuff Box, Paris, circa 1805
Marks: (rooster-3), (boar head), (partially struck-3), (JBL-triangle-plumb)
0-3/4 x 3-1/8 x 1-5/8 inches (1.8 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm)
2.83 troy ounces

Property from the Collection of Dr. David Mehler

PROVENANCE:
Christie's, London, OPULENCE: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art, November 29, 2016, lot no. 111.

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74143 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $7,500.00
A One Hundred Forty-Eight-Piece Puiforcat Nantes Pattern Silver-Plated Flatware Service for Twelve, Paris, mid-20th century
Marks to each: PUIFORCAT, PARIS, (E-penknife-P-I)
11-1/2 inches (29.2 cm) (longest)

The flatware service comprising:
18 fish knives;
16 dinner knives;
1 cheese knife;
4 butter spreaders;
15 dinner forks;
16 fish forks;
18 salad forks;
17 dessert spoons;
18 soup spoons;
16 demitasse spoons;
3 serving spoons;
2 serving forks;
1 carving knife;
1 carving fork;
1 salad serving fork;
1 salad serving spoon.
148 Total

(Total: 148)
Auction 8005 | Lot: 74180 | May 5, 2020

Sold For: $7,500.00
A Maison Odiot Silver Covered Bidet, Paris, circa 1900
Marks: (O-oil lamp), Mon ODIOT, PARIS, 5799, (Minerva)
16 x 19-1/2 x 12 inches (40.6 x 49.5 x 30.5 cm) (overall)
6915 grams (222.33 troy ounces)

Auction 8166 | Lot: 74099 | May 16, 2024

Sold For: $6,875.00
A Twelve-Piece Emile Puiforcat Silver Service, Paris, late 19th century
Marks: (E-penknife-P), PUIFORCAT, FRANCE, (Mercury)
0-5/8 x 11-1/8 inches (1.6 x 28.3 cm) (largest, chargers)
7732 grams (248.5934 troy ounces)

(Total: 12)
Auction 8123 | Lot: 74200 | May 16, 2023

Sold For: $6,875.00
An Étienne-Lucien Blerzy 18K Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Paris, circa 1805
Marks: (eagle head), (rooster head), 313, (baby head-2), (flower-ELB)
0-5/8 x 3-1/4 x 1-1/8 inches (1.6 x 8.2 x 2.9 cm)
2.37 troy ounces

Property from the Collection of Dr. David Mehler

PROVENANCE:
Christie's, London, OPULENCE: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art, November 29, 2016, lot no. 108.

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74144 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $6,875.00
A Twenty-Four-Piece Puiforcat Royal Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Six, Paris, designed 18th century
Marks: (diamond-E-penknife-P), (Minerva's head)
9-7/8 inches (25.1 cm) (longest, knife)
46.3 troy ounces (weighable)
(Total: 24 Items)
Auction 5410 | Lot: 63036 | Jun 7, 2019

Sold For: $6,875.00
A Forty-Piece Jean E. Puiforcat Cannes Pattern Flatware Service, Paris, France, designed 1928
Marks: (E-penknife-P), (Minerva), PUIFORCAT, FRANCE
9-1/8 inches (23.2 cm) (longest, knife)
75.38 troy ounces (weighable)

The lot comprising:
8 dinner knives;
8 dinner forks;
8 salad forks;
8 tablespoons;
8 teaspoons.
40 total (Total: 40 Items)
Auction 5377 | Lot: 74265 | Oct 15, 2018

Sold For: $6,875.00
A Pair of Emile Langlois French Sterling Silver Wine Coolers for Hotchkiss et Cie Automobiles, circa 1905-1925
Marks: (Minerva), (E-glove-L)
8-7/8 inches high x 10-1/8 inches wide (22.5 x 25.7 cm) (each)
99.90 troy ounces

Hotchkiss & Cie was a French arms company most notable for its invention of the Hotchkiss revolving cannon and gas-actuated machine gun. Insufficient profits around the turn of the 20th century prompted the company to augment its machinery to produce a newer commodity--luxury automobiles. The first Hotchkiss car produced was a 17 horsepower four-cylinder model which debuted in 1903 and was soon followed in 1906 by a six-cylinder model. The crossed cannon logo the first Hotchkiss car bore, as well as that on the present lot, was an homage to the company's manufacturing heritage. In addition to town cars and sedans, the company produced successful racing cars over the next decades winning the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo six times. Master silversmith Emile Langlois crafted the present lot between 1905-1925, and Hotchkiss probably special ordered the pair for a patron of the AD, AD6, AF or AG series.

(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5325 | Lot: 65020 | Sep 22, 2017

Sold For: $6,875.00
A Thirty-Seven-Piece Puiforcat Elysée Pattern Silver Partial Flatware Service for Ten, Paris, designed 1947
Marks: (Minerva), E(penknife)P
10 inches (25.4 cm) (longest, dinner knife)
1792 grams (57.62 troy ounces) (weighable)

Auction 8204 | Lot: 74033 | May 9, 2025

Sold For: $6,250.00

Make Offer to Owner
$9,375 or more
A Three-Piece Têtard Frères Silver Mirrored Plateau, Paris, early 20th century
Marks: (Minerva), (tureen-T Fres.)
3-1/2 x 43-1/4 x 17-1/2 inches (8.9 x 109.9 x 44.5 cm) (overall)
2608 grams (83.8504 troy ounces) (weighable)

(Total: 3)
Auction 8123 | Lot: 74188 | May 16, 2023

Sold For: $6,250.00
An Emile Puiforcat Silver Covered Tureen and Tray, Paris, early 20th century
Marks: (E-penknife-P), PUIFORCAT, (Mercury)
10-1/4 x 12-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches (26.0 x 31.1 x 21.0 cm) (tureen)
3096 grams (99.5402 troy ounces)

(Total: 2)
Auction 8123 | Lot: 74199 | May 16, 2023

Sold For: $6,000.00
A Christofle Silver Two-Handled Tray with Chinoiserie Motif, Paris, France, circa 1890
Marks: CHRISTOFLE, (O-weights-C), (Minerva) 432499
29 x 17-1/2 inches (73.7 x 44.5 cm)
4638 grams

Auction 8081 | Lot: 74078 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $6,000.00
A Large Jean Lucien Ferry Silver Ewer and Basin, Paris, circa 1900
Marks: (Minerva's head), (star-FERRY-wheel)
5-3/8 x 17-1/2 inches (13.7 x 44.5 cm)
2964 grams
Monogram: TTM

(Total: 2)
Auction 8081 | Lot: 74071 | May 17, 2022

Sold For: $5,750.00

Make Offer to Owner
$8,625 or more
An Albert Boulanger 18K Gold Snuff Box, Paris, mid-19th century
Marks: (Mercury's head), (A-branch-B), (Portuguese control mark)
1 x 2-7/8 x 1-1/8 inches (2.5 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm)
3.01 troy ounces

Property from the Collection of Dr. David Mehler

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, From Earth to Fire, October 25, 2016, lot no. 704.

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74155 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $5,750.00
An Emile Froment-Meurice Silver and Enamel Casket, Paris , circa 1880
Marks: FROMENT-MEURICE
6-1/4 x 9-3/8 x 5-3/4 inches (15.9 x 23.8 x 14.6 cm)
54.7 ounces (gross)

Property from the Dr. David Mehler Collection

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, Paris, Important European Silver, November 29, 2016, lot 53.

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74204 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $5,750.00
A Silver Cigarette Box Retailed by Cartier, France, mid-20th century
Marks: (glasses-CC-950), CARTIER, FRANCE, 13
1-7/8 x 7-1/8 x 4-1/8 inches (4.6 x 18.1 x 10.5 cm)
28 ounces (gross)

Property from the Dr. David Mehler Collection

Auction 8044 | Lot: 74408 | May 20, 2021

Sold For: $5,750.00

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