Object Description
An Exceptional 173-Piece Silver Service
By Tétard Frères of Paris
This extensive Regency style 13-piece place setting for 12, with neoclassical details to the handles, in original character and condition, not monogrammed, and housed in its fitted and lined box. All pieces of .950 silver, fully marked, and signed ‘Tetard Fres Paris.’
French, circa 1900
The set comprises:
12 dinner forks
12 dinner spoons
12 dinner knives
12 luncheon forks
12 luncheon spoons
12 luncheon knives
12 fish forks
12 fish knives
12 dessert forks
12 dessert knives
12 ice cream spoons
12 demitasse spoons
12 moka spoons
And 17 serving pieces including:
1 large soup ladle
1 smaller soup ladle
1 gravy ladle
1 bread tong
3 fish serving : 1 fork and 2 flat ladles
2 large salad serving spoons
1 ice cream ladle
1 cake flat ladle
2 large fork and spoon servers
1 piles spoon
1 small pierced flat ladle
2 sugar tongs
The firm of Tétard was begun by Edmond Tétard in 1880, who achieved notable success for his silverware at the 1889 Paris exposition universelle, specialising in revivalist styles such as those of the ancien regime. The company became Tétard Frères in 1901 when it was taken over by Edmond’s sons Georges, Henri & Jacques.