$100.00
Origin: Moscow, 1895. Condition: mint. Size: 4-3/4" long.
$150.00
Origin: Europe, ca 1900. Condition: excellent, no enamel damage, original gilding. Size: 4-5/8" long.
$150.00
Origin: France, ca. 1890. Condition: very good; a bit of discoloration on the blade and very light wear on the handle. Size: 12-1/2" long.
$165.00
Origin: Europe, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent. Size: 3-3/4" diam.; 4" tall.
$225.00
Origin: France, ca. 1870. Condition: excellent, a tiny nick at the very point of the ivory. Size: 5-29/32" long.
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$275.00
Origin: Continental Europe, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original, no enamel damage. Size: 8” long. Weight: 69.5 grams.
$295.00
Origin: German States, ca. 1775. Condition: excellent, all original, very little wear. Size: 4-1/2" long. Weight: 55.0 grams.
$295.00
Origin: Moscow, 1889. Condition: excellent, gilding intact. Size: 5” long. Weight: 27.2 grams (the pair).
$450.00
Origin: Germany, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: spoons, 3-3/4" long; tongs, 3-7/8" long. Weight: 114.50 grams.
$495.00
- Origin: Norway, ca. 1900
- Condition: excellent, no enamel damage, gilding intact
- Dimensions: 3-11/16" long
- Weight: 16.7 grams
$495.00
- Origin: Loire Valley, France, ca. 1840
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 2-7/8” diameter (excluding handle)
- Weight: 29.9 grams
$750.00
- Origin: France, 1789
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3-1/16” x 3-7/8”
- Weight: 72.9 grams
$750.00
- Origin: France, ca. 1910
- Condition: very good, a small flattened area on the bottom edge under the handle visible when turned upside down
- Dimensions: 3” x 4” x 1-1/4”
- Weight: 88.6 grams
$895.00
Origin: France, ca. 1860. Condition: knives are excellent, no dings, no cracks, normal fading of the gilding; the box shows considerable wear and has a slightly warped lid. Size: 7-1/2” long.
$1,250.00
Origin: Moscow, ca. 1890. Condition: excellent, no enamel damage. Size: 2-1/8” diameter; 1” high. Weight: 53.0 grams.
$2,450.00
Napoleon, never particularly known as a shrinking violet, enjoyed commissioning medals from the Paris Mint to celebrate his victories and various life landmarks. The front of the medal (showing from the top of the tastevin) depicts the river god of the Danube being forced by the Emperor to carry a wooden pontoon bridge laden with French cannons over the river towards the Imperial Austrian capital, Vienna. The Latin inscription translates as, “Danubius, indignant at the breach/Battle of Essling/May 22, 1809.” The reverse (showing from the bottom of the tastevin) depicts the French army marching across the bridge at Wagram, urged on by the goddess of Victory carrying a laurel wreath and pointing the way. The inscription translates as, “Again crossing at the same place/July 5, 1809.” The Battle of Essling was the first defeat of the French army under Napoleon’s direct control, but that fact is obscured by combining it with the Battle of Wagram, just forty-four days later. This latter battle was one of the emperor’s greatest victories and was the largest battle in European history up to that time. The medal was created at the Paris Mint by the medalist Nicolas-Guy-Antoine-Brenet under the supervision of Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, who was Napoleon’s artistic director and to whom the emperor entrusted the Louvre after turning it into a museum. A single copy of the medal was struck in gold for Napoleon’s personal collection. Silver medals were given as gifts to the emperor’s friends and diplomats and bronze versions were available to those of lower rank.
- Origin: France, 1899-1903
- Condition: excellent, sharp detail
- Dimensions: 3-1/2” x 4-5/8” x 1-1/4”
- Weight: 201.4 grams
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Origin: Paris, circa 1860. Condition: excellent, sharp detail, no dings, no monogram. Size: 5-1/4” long; 1-3/4” wide; 4-1/2” tall.
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- Origin: France, ca. 1880.
- Dimensions: 8-3/4” long.
- Condition: mint; gilding completely intact.
- Weight: 99.5 grams.
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- Origin: Germany, ca. 1904.
- Condition: excellent, original gilding intact.
- Dimensions: spoons, 3-3/4” long.
- Weight: 55.6 grams.
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- Origin: Dijon, France, ca. 1903-1944
- Condition: excellent, no dings or monograms, sharp detail
- Dimensions: 2-1/4” diameter (excluding handle)
- Weight: 25.8 grams
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- Origin: Dijon, France, ca. 1903-1944
- Condition: excellent, no dings or monograms, sharp detail
- Dimensions: 2-1/4” diameter (excluding handle)
- Weight: 24.6 grams
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- Origin: France, ca. 1900.
- Dimensions: 2 11/16" diameter (excluding handle).
- Weight: 37.0 grams.
- Excellent condition; two small dings on bottom, mostly hidden by the design and two very small (1/16") dings on the upper rim.
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- Origin: France, ca. 1910
- Condition: excellent, sharp detail
- Dimensions: 3-5/16” x 4-1/4” x 15/16”
- Weight: 55.3 grams
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- Origin: France, ca. 1925
- Condition: excellent, sharp detail
- Dimensions: 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" x 15/15"
- Weight: 55.9 grams
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Origin: France, ca. 1850. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 3-3/16" diameter (excluding handle). Weight: 72.3 grams.
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- Origin: France, ca. 1880.
- Condition: very good; a small ding to one side of the bowl; typical wear to the front of the coin; reverse side of the coin has sharp detail.
- Dimensions: 2-13/16” x 3-5/8” x 3/4".
- Weight: 56.4 grams.
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Origin: France, ca. 1880. Condition: excellent, sharp detail to the tastevin, typical wear to the front of the coin. Dimensions: 3-1/4" x 4-1/8" x 7/8". Weight: 82.0 grams.
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Origin: France, 1889-1893. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Dimensions: 3 x 4-1/16 in. Weight: 70.5 gr.
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- Origin: France, Burgundy region, ca 1840
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3-1/8” x 4-1/4” x 1-5/32”
- Weight: 118.4 grams
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- Origin: France, ca 1840.
- Conditions: very good; a slight flattening to the rim opposite the handle; coin has significant wear as expected of a 350 year-old coin.
- Dimensions: 3-3/8 xx 4-1/4" x 7/8".
- Weight: 95.0 grams.
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- Origin: Dijon, France, ca 1903-14.
- Condition: excellent; all original; one tiny ding on the top edge of the bowl.
- Dimensions: 3-3/4" x 4-15/16" x 1-5/8".
- Weight: 122.8 grams.
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- Origin: France, 1819-1838
- Condition: very good, a few small flat areas from 200 years of use
- Dimensions: 3-5/8” x 4-3/4” x 1-5/16”
- Weight: 121.2 grams.
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Origin: France, ca. 1840. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Size: 3-1/2" diameter, excluding handle. Weight: 113.4 grams.
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Origin: France, ca. 1840. Condition: excellent; 2 pinpoints to the bowl and a slight ding along the edge opposite the handle. Dimensions: 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 x 7/8 inches. Weight: 95.0 grams.
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Accomplished French silversmiths prided themselves on the ability to raise an entire tastevin from a single 5-franc coin, using only hammers and a few other hand tools to thin, spread and shape the flat coin into a finished tastevin. Only a handful of masters were capable of raising the tastevin with the words “DIEU PROTÉGÉ LA FRANCE” (“God protect France”), originally found around the outer edge of the coin, still visible along the top edge of the tastevin. The last silversmith proven to have mastered this skill stopped working in 1968.
This tastevin is stamped with French silver hallmarks and has the master silversmith’s mark for Alexandre Vauger, who worked in Paris 1884-1887.
Origin: France, 1884-87. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 48 x 66 mm (1-7/8 x 2-5/8 in). Weight: 30.9 grams.
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After the final defeat of Napoleon, the Bourbon monarchy was restored to France, and reminders of the previous reigns appeared everywhere in French decorative arts. This coin, dating to 1652, depicts the boy king Louis XIV surrounded by the Latin inscription translated as “Louis XIV, by grace of God, king of France and Navarre”. The reverse is decorated with the royal crown over a shield of fleurs-de-lys. Though a 17th century tastevin would never have been made with a coin in the bottom, the combination of these two elements was a masterful stroke by Parrod and makes this tastevin a particularly desirable example.
Origin: Dijon, France, ca. 1840. Condition: ecellent, sharp detail. Size: 2-13/16” diameter (excluding handle); 3/4” tall. Weight: 72.7 grams.