- BRAND : Gorham
- PATTERN : Fontainebleau
- COMPOSITION : Sterling Silver
- TYPE : Set
- AGE : 1850-1899
The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. This multi-motif, figural pattern features French court of Fontainebleau, palace of King Francis I, with figures in court dress in varying food-related themes in feast or dinner service, and was introduced by Gorham in the year 1882.
Outstanding monumental Fontainebleau by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 226 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner knives, 9 5/8”
12 regular knives, 8 3/8”
12 tea knives, flat handle, all-sterling, 8 3/8”
12 hollow handle butter spreaders with stainless blades, 6 ½”
12 flat handle butter spreaders, 5 3/8”
12 nut picks, 4 5/8”
12 dinner forks, 7 5/8”
12 regular forks, 6 0.75”
12 fish / salad forks, gold-washed, brite-cut, 6 0.75”
12 fish / salad forks, plain, 6 0.75”
12 cocktail forks, brite-cut, 6”
12 dinner / serving spoons, 8 3/8”
12 iced tea spoons, 7 ½”
12 place soup spoons, 6 7/8”
12 teaspoons, 5 7/8”
12 ice cream spoons, gold-washed, 5 0.75”
12 demitasse spoons, gold-washed, 4 ¼”
1 Gravy ladle, gold-washed, brite-cut, 6 0.75”
1 Sauce ladle, gold-washed, brite-cut, 5 7/8”
1 Mustard ladle, gold-washed, 5 1/8”
1 Preserve spoon, gold-washed, brite-cut, 7”
1 Berry spoon, ovoid, brite-cut, 8 ½”
1 Sugar spoon, gold-washed, brite-cut, 6 1/8”
1 Sugar tong with claws, 5”
1 Sardine fork, brite-cut, 5 7/8”
1 Flat Handle Master Butter, brite-cut, 7 5/8”
1 Berry spoon, round bowl, gold-washed, brite-cut, 8 ½”
1 Pie server, flat handle, all-sterling, brite-cut, 9 ¼”
1 Fish serving set, hollow handle, all-sterling, brite-cut. Server 11 ½”,
fork 8 ½”
1 Fish / entrée server, hollow handle, all-sterling, brite-cut, 9 7/8”
1 Fish / entrée server, flat handle, all-sterling, brite-cut, 11 3/8”
1 Ice cream slice, hollow handle, all-sterling, gold-washed, brite-cut,
12”
1 Cake saw, serrated, brite-cut, 10 3/8”
1 Crumber, brite-cut, 12”
1 Salad serving set, long, gold-washed, brite-cut, 10 0.75”
1 Sugar sifter ladle, gold-washed, brite-cut, pierced, 5 0.75”
1 Sugar sifter ladle, gold-washed, brite-cut, pierced, large, 7 ¼”
Includes large vintage 1-drawer storage chest.
This set is in excellent vintage condition, with varying monograms on the reverse. This set will be lightly polished and sealed in individual plastic sleeves prior to
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