Orfevrerie Wiskemann - Cutlery set for 12 (124) - No

This fine electroplated cutlery set was manufactured by Wiskemann in Brussels, presumably around the 1950s. The cutlery from the No. 14 Louis XV collection is extravagantly decorated in a Louis XV pattern with scrolls, rocaille and flowers, and electroplated on a base of 100 grams. Suitable for twelve guests and comprising no fewer than 124 pieces. The cutlery comes in an exclusive cabinet on a stand, made of mahogany veneer with an inlay of blue suede. This cabinet provides two drawers of space for the serving cutlery and the dinner, fish, and dessert cutlery. Two pull-out compartments offer space for the knives. The cabinet is in excellent condition, with original brass fittings. The cutlery was once purchased from the specialty shop Mathot Vanhoffelen in Antwerp. Consisting of: - 12 dinner spoons - 12 dining knives - 12 dinner forks - 12 fish knives - 12 fish forks - 12 dessert knives - 12 pastry forks - 12 ice spoons - 12 coffee spoons + 8 starter/breakfast spoons Serving cutlery: - Large soup spoon - Gravy spoon - Pomme-duchesse scoop - Vegetable spoon - Potato spoon - Salad fork - Salad spoon - Pastry scoop with engraved leaf. The cutlery is in excellent condition. Please look at the photos for an impression. All pieces marked with [OW] for Orfevrerie Wiskemann - [100/60/x..] Due to the weight of the case, it will be personally delivered within the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France and Western Germany. Outside of these areas, insured shipping via UPS. In 1872 Otto Leonard Wiskemann, a member of a German family with a long history in silver-smithing, established a workshop at Rue des Longs Chariots in Brussels. In the preceding years he had worked as a pupil in Paris, where he learned the trade. He had also witnessed the introduction of electroplated silverware, introduced to continental Europe by Charles Christofle from England. With this experience and knowledge, Otto managed to start a company in the 1870s that would later grow into Belgium’s best-known silversmith and a symbol of quality. The heyday lasted between the two world wars. The company eventually went under in the 1970s; a century of Belgian silversmithing history came to an end. #ExclusiveSelectio

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