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Saturday, October 8, 2011

{12 Vintage 1930s French Christofle Coquille Regence Knife Rests}

Adding one more rare set of vintage French Christofle knife rests in the 1930s Coquille Regence pattern. These fine pieces do bear the Gallia hall mark. Gallia is the name of an old collection created by Christofle in 1900. These knife rests however are from the 1930s following the goat hall mark from that era. They were available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics.
Shown here on a Le Jacquard Français placemat with the French Gien Rose china and my Gero Zilmeta Menuet 528 flatware.
Closeup from the knife rest.
Detail photo.
All 12 together on a Le Jacquard Français placemat.
They could use some thorough polishing as certain areas have accumulated some dirt since the 1930s.
I do leave that up to the buyer.
Detail from the Coquille Regence pattern from the top.
The Gallia hall mark by Christofle with a goat, which indicates they are from the 1930s.
Sorry Sold out...
In 1898 Christofle started to equip Le Ritz in Paris with the Gallia collection.
Read in the French Christofle CHRONOLOGIE, click on the year.
Interesting book about Christofle by David Rosenberg.

Indeed, Christofle is still a symbol of luxury and elegance. Since its founding in the mid-19th century. Today as in the past, it has been 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. This great book is available at Amazon.com.



12 comments:

  1. Prachtig !!! vind je borden helemaal superrrr!!...liefs van mij...xxx...

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  2. Dear Mariette,
    what a beautiful table setting!! And the knife rests are just wonderful!!

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  3. Dearest Mariette,
    I DO admire your marvelous table stting with Christofle. Your gorgeous collection always gives me the idea that how much western people value the table setting. Sure must be a big credit for the lady who can manage marvelous ones.
    Thank you for very much for the lovely feast for my eyes.
    Love and lots of Hugs to you, Orchid*

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  4. ♥ •˚。
    °°Olá, amiga! 。♥。
    ● ♥• Simplesmente maravilhosas.
    ˚。˚ Bom fim de semana!
    ♥ •˚。Beijinhos.
    •˚。Brasil
    ..(░)(░)
    (░)(♥)(░)
    ..(░)(░)

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  5. Ah, wat een stijlvolle tablesettng dear Mariette. Beautiful and stylish!
    Many greetings from a rainy and windy Netherlands xxx

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  6. My dear friend Mariette:
    What a sweet and nice table setting, I love your knife rest, they are very elegant. What can I say? simply amazing!

    Send you a bug hug, amiga mia!

    Laura =)

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  7. Liebe Mariette,

    du zeigst uns hier immer zauberhaft schöne Sachen.

    Wir wünschen dir viel Freude damit.

    Liebe Grüße
    Angela und Elisabeth

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  8. Wat een mooie borden en bestek heb je Mariette!

    Een heel fijn weekend,

    Madelief x

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  9. I love your knife rests, they are so elegant! And I love your table setting - the pink cloth and pink flower on the plate match perfectly!

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  10. Liebe Mariette,
    ich hatte viel nachzulesen. Ich bin wie immer begeistert. Dieses Porzellan gefällt mir besonders gut.
    Ich mag rosen in jeglicher Form.
    Liebe Grüße
    Irmi

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  11. Dear Mariette,

    Your table setting with the pink roses is beautiful and love the knife rests.
    Hope that you are having a lovely weekend

    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  12. Dearest Mariette,
    What a beautiful table setting and live the knife rest imagine you could not eat just the meat pie?
    Some of 1830 years old...
    Enjoy your weekend.
    Michiko

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