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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

{Antique Christofle Knife Rests in Fleur de Lys}

Another French treasure to show you here. Antique Christofle knife rests from the end of the 19th century, with a Fleur de Lys pattern. A rare quantity of 14 this time, available in 8 and 6 piece sets. They will be perfect for saving your precious table linens from getting soiled. Shown here as a table setting with Royal Albert Friendship Daffodil China and Le Jacquard Français table linen. Resting on this knife rest is my Gero Zilmeta 528 Menuet flatware.
Can you imagine that in 1883 Christofle did equip the Orient Express with their silver ware? What a luxury life for the Avant Garde... And in 1898 they equiped the Ritz Paris with fine silver ware. In 1935 Christofle realized 45,000 pieces designed by Luc Lanel for the Luxury Liner Normandie. That was a cruise ship like the Titanic... what a dream life for the upper class! Those Luc Lanel pieces I also have shown 11 Vintage French Christofle Luc Lanel 'Ondulation' Knife Rests.
These Christofle knife rests are available at my: Spectrenoir
From the book Christofle by David Rosenberg you also can learn about the above mentioned history. It is shown in the blog with the Luc Lanel design, link is above. 
Photos were taken on March 9, hence the paperwhite narcissus...
It is shown here on page 21 from the Christofle 1842-1883 catalogue, as number 3364 Porte-couteaux ferrure.
I received this copy from a friendly Frenchman! Wish I had the entire catalogue...
Left you see the old hall mark in a diamond shape with a bee below, a C (for Charles Christofle) to the left and to the right, a scale in-between with stars above. Separately in block letters the word Christofle.
Rather hard to capture... you cannot get near the hallmark with your camera because of the four Fleur de Lys.
Owning such a piece does cover quite some history.
This Maker's Mark is from the 2nd half of the 19th century.
Fourteen of them and some do have the hall mark to the right.
Only 8 are available at Spectrenoir... 6 are sold!
Today, as in the past, whether gracing the tables of emperors, princes or maharajas, in palaces, on board the Trans-Siberian Railway, Orient Express or transatlantic ocean liners or in contemporary restaurants, Christofle continues to make an impression.

Sorry Sold out...

10 comments:

  1. Elegant and refined ideas.
    Nice post Mariette

    Kisses and hugs
    Sesè

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  2. Muito bonito...
    Uma ótima continuação da semana, amiga.
    Beijinhos.
    Brasil

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    ° 。✿ °° 。
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  3. Liebe Mariette,
    wundeerschöne Messerbänkchen. Ich habe auch ein uraltes von meiner Großmutter. Ssie hat es mal von ihrer Freundin geschenkt bekommen, die aus "sehr gutem Hause" kam.
    Liebe Grüße sendet Dir
    Irmi

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  4. Just popped over to your new website ... it looks wonderful!!! Congratulations on the new look!!! ... You have some of the lovelities finds there.

    This was a wonderful post, I loved learning some of the history... and of course couldn't resist once I saw the lovelies on offer in your boutique... wishing you a fabulous day mon ami!! XO HHL

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  5. Liebe Mariette,
    ich staune immer weder, was es alles so gibt. Diese Messerbänkchen "kannte" ich nur von Königs- und Fürstenhöfen.... Benutzt das heutzutage überhaupt noch jemand?

    Liebe Gruß
    Sara

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  6. I have never seen a knife rest before. I am always learning new things in blogland , I love it.
    Blessings~
    Gwenny

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  7. How perfectly fabulous!!! My grandmother had some that were similar! Beautiful.

    Now girly...fixed the broken link on my Tea with Thee Cards. I'm computer dumb. I'm glad you said something otherwise I wouldn't have known.

    Love to you~

    Rebecca PS: More info later today on your Case!

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  8. ciao mariette!!!!!!!!! un post molto bello, elegante, raffinato...conosco Christofle è molto molto raffinato...un abbraccio e un bacio lory

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  9. Knife-rests I think are unfamiliar to some pople, not to others.I unearthed some fabulous silver ones in a bric a brac shop, and the Modern Country Gentleman was completely puzzled " Kife-rests? Knife-rests?? Err??" I think it might be something European /French /Dutch/ whatever, and the rest of the world has not clued on yet to this super practical solution of keping your beautiful table linnen free of butter--smears and gravy-stains from your knife...!!! :-))
    These ones are lovely (mine are too, and I bet ... a bit more affordable.. I paid I think £ 2.- for 4 !! )

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  10. I've never seen these before. Very interesting!
    xo Catherine

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