Franz Bahner Furniture

Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people, consisting of 95 parts, in wooden showcase. Date of manufactory: circa 1900 Material: Massive silver '800' Form type: Elegant, simple design with cruciate ligament and lily - 'Duesseldorf Knot', without monogram. VSF Duesseldorf, model 2800, factory design before 1900 Original wooden showcase: This silver cutlery set is kept in a sleek, glazed cherry wood showcase. The surface is shellac hand-polished. At the top there is a viewing window, from the front the three drawers, which are perfectly equipped on the inside, can be opened with the button-shaped brass handles. The showcase stands on four tall legs, which are protected from impact by brass covers on the feet. 95 pieces in total: 1st drawer: 12 dinner knives / 12 starter knives / 12 starter forks 2nd drawer: 12 dinner forks / 12 dinner spoons / 12 dessert spoons 3rd drawer: 12 coffee spoons / 1 piece of sugar tongs / 1 sauce spoon / 1 salad server fork with horn / 1 salad server spoon with horn / 1 large serving fork / 1 large serving spoon / 1 fillet fork / 1 fillet knife / 1 carving fork / 1 carving knife / 1 large ladle Total weight of all cutlery parts: ca. 6250 Gramms ca. 200.96 Troy OZ Dimensions of the Cabinet: Height 85.0 cm / 33.46 inches Width 53.5 cm / 21.06 inches Depth 37.5 cm / 14.76 inches Marks / Hallmarks: 800 - Fineness CRESCENT + CROWN - German imperial silver stamp from 1888 'KNIGHT HELMET'- Manufactory sign for VSF DUESSELDORF / GERMANY History: Vereinigte Silberwarenfabriken AG Düsseldorf - founded in 1899 by two of Anton's 5 sons (Anton Franz Hubert) Bahner: Anton Bahner jun. and Wilhelm Bahner. Two other sons had their own other businesses, silver goods factories: Franz Bahner in Düsseldorf and Louis Bahner in Berlin. Proof: Literature: Reinhard W. Singer: Das Deutsche Silber-Cutlery: Biedermeier, Historicism, Art Nouveau (1805-1918): Companies, techniques, designers and decors [Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart (1991)] page 119, Fig.13 Literature: Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers, Reinhard W. Singer: Art Nouveau cutlery...

SILVER ART DECO 120-PIECE CUTLERY FLATWARE DINNERWARE 12 PERSONS GERMANY c.1920 Gorgeous German cutlery set / flatware / dinnerware consisting of 120 pieces. Elegant design / hallmarked. Additionally, this cutley is kept in GORGEOUS FURNITURE PIECE which is a MOST ELEGANT CHEST (mahogany veneer & brass fittings), being based on four columns attached to platter / further there are GLASS DOORS (facet cut) existing - they protect four drawers having knobs made of BRASS for pulling the drawers out. The chest's upper side is made of GLASS, too. THIS CUTLERY / FLATWARE SET CONSISTS OF FOLLOWING PARTS: -- 12 DINNER KNIVES -- 12 DINNER FORKS -- 12 DINNER SPOONS -- 12 DESSERT SPOONS -- 12 COFFEE SPOONS -- 12 DESSERT FORKS -- 12 DESSERT KNIVES -- 12 KNIVES FOR FRUITS -- 12 KNIVES FOR CHEESE -- 1 LARGE LADLE -- 1 SMALL LADLE -- 1 CAKE SHOVEL / CAKE SLICE -- 2 SAUCE LADLES -- 1 SHOVEL FOR VEGETABLES -- 1 PAIR OF PINCERS FOR NUTS -- 1 BUTTER KNIFE -- 1 CHEESE KNIFE -- 2 SMALL FORKS FOR MEAT...