Covered with alfénide entremets

The cutlery is slightly smaller than the main cutlery, here 19 cm, they are used for starters, salad or cheese. These are alfénide, silver metal composed of copper (59%), zinc (30%), nickel (10%) iron (1%). They are covered with a layer of silver, which is known by the goat head punch. The two punches allow these cutlery to be dated between 1890 and 1920. Drawing consisting of ribbons, bay leaves and palmettes, in an empire style. Vintage state with traces and stripes as these cutlery were used in a common way. One spoon was lost, which explains the 6 forks for 5 spoons. Weight of a 53 g fork, a 60 g spoon.