Silver 925 Cutlery Set for 12 People Signed Bruckmann Germany Late 19th Century

Silver 264-piece flatware (cutlery set) for 18 persons, Made by Koch & Bergfeld, Germany / Bremen, circa 1900 Gorgeous German cutlery set / flatware / dinnerware consisting of 264 pieces. Most elegant design = Baroque FORM & engraved initials HG. Additionally, this cutlery set is kept in Gorgeous wooden chest made of oakwood (refurbished by hand): Two doors - having lock and key - are existing at front side / additionally, a hinged platter which is upholstered at inner side is attached to chest's upper side. Inside there are five drawers with knobs visible, all of them well-equipped with finest interior decoration (interior design) presenting this flatware set's parts in most elegant manner. This cutlery set / flatware consists of following parts: 18 dinner knives. 18 dinner forks. 18 soup spoons. 18 appetizer knives. 18 appetizer forks. 18 appetizer spoons. 18 coffee (dessert) spoons. 18 ice-cream spoons. 18 fish knives. 18 fish forks. 18 cake forks. 18 mocha spoons. 18 forks for fruits. 18 knives for fruits. Three napkin rings. Two sugar tongs. One small carving fork. One knife for butter. One fork for cheese. One fork for cake. Two forks for meat...

Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people, consisting of 164 parts, in wooden showcase. Date of manufactory: around 1920 Material: massive 800 silver + steel blades...

Gorgeous 18th century by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set- 57 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9" 12 forks, 7 1/2" 12 salad forks, 6 1/4" 12 teaspoons, 6" 1 gravy lad...

This is a wonderful 93 piece 12 place setting vintage silver Mappin plate cutlery canteen in the original walnut case, mid 20th Century in date. The cutlery with the makers mark of ...

Large Georgian Colonial by Wallace sterling silver dinner and lunch size flatware set of 108 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 5/8". 12 dinner size forks, 8". 12 r...

Stunning King Christian by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 67 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9". 12 forks, 7 1/4". 12 salad forks, 6 3/8". 12 teaspoons, 6". 12 place so...

Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for 12 people, consisting of 112 parts, in original display case. Date of manufactory: circa 1900 - Austria-Hungarian Monarchy Material: ...

As unique as the sound of a violin crafted by Antonio Stradivarius, this pattern reflects the majestic style of the 18th century. The fully formed...

A Fine Early 20th Century 152 Piece Austrian Dinnerware Flatware Set by Berndorfer Metallwaaren-Fabrik, stamped 'Berndorf Alpacca', The Neoclassical Revival style set of Alpacca flatware comprising of: 12 Fish knives 12 Salad forks 12 Salad knives 12 Pasta spoons 12 Dessert spoons 12 Coffee spoons 12 Tea spoons 12 Ice-cream spoons 1 Ice thong 1 Soup ladle 1 Serving spoon 1 Salad spoon 1 Sauce/Gravy ladle 1 Meat carving knife 1 Meat carving fork 1 Salad fork All inside its original lined wooden storage-traveling cabinet. (See all images). Circa: Vienna, 1900-1930. The Alpacca alloy was developed in 1823 by the German chemist Dr. Ernst August Geitner (1783-1852). It was very similar in its appearance to silver, therefore, this new alloy was first called "Argentan". It consisted of 20% nickel, 55% copper and 25% zinc. The new silver-imitating alloy soon became very popular. The Gebrueder Henninger (Henninger Bros.) proposed a similar alloy (5-30% nickel, 45-70% copper and 8-45% zinc with trace amounts of lead, tin and iron) which they called "Neusilber". Later both Argentan and Neusilber were used under the trade name of Alpacca (or Alpakka). The great advantage of the use of Alpacca alloy as the base metal for silver plating is that the appearance of the objects does not change significantly with the wearing away of the silver layer and, unlike sterling silver, it does not require frequent polishing or cleaning due to tarnishing. The earliest known Berndorf Alpacca mark (No.1) was introduced around 1880 and used until 1891. I found it on the bottom of a 30 cl teapot bearing the inscription KRIEAU, which corresponds to the "Wiener Krieau", the famous race course in Vienna. The mark No.1 represents an oval of 3.0 x 3.6 mm size bearing the lettering "BMF ALPACCA" (which means Berndorfer Metallwaaren Fabrik or Berndorf Metalware Factory) with the "M" and "F" letters being fused. Inside the oval there is a profile of a walking bear looking down. This mark is quite rare. BIBLIOGRAPHY - Ingrid Haslinger, Tafelkultur Marke Berndorf, Das Niederoesterreichische Erfolgsunternehmen Arthur Krupps (Ketterl Verlag, Wien, 1998), pp.1-174, (in German). - Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk and Claudia Kanowski, Modern Art of Metallwork (Berlin: Broehan Museum, 2001), 1-598. - Musterbuch ueber Tafelgeraete in Alpacca-Silber I, Alpacca-Silber II und Alpacca, Unversilbert (Berndorfer Haus, Berlin, 1928), pp.1-53, (in German). - Waltraud Neuwirth, Bluehender Jugendstil Oesterreich, Band 2: Firmen und Marken [Art Nouveau in Blossom - Austria, Vol. 2: Companies and Marks]. Vienna: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1991, 1-288 (in German). - David N. Nikogosyan, 2008, Marks of Silverplated Hollowware...

Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people consisting of 173 Parts in original wooden box. Date of manufactory: circa 1915 Material: Massive silver '800', Stain...