Elegant Antique French Hallmarked Sterling Silver 3pc 9.5" Skewer or Hatelet Set, Ball & Ring Reims Cathedral enormous in appeal

enormous in appeal

which is a "Phrygian" cap

though also 19th century

Not even a chip on the mother of pearl (some silver foil missing

Here we have a near pristine set of antique French Napoleon III era cake or melon forks with carved handles and French hallmarked silver plate blades & tines

Elegant Antique French Hallmarked Sterling Silver 3pc 9.5" Skewer or Hatelet Set, Ball & Ring Reims Cathedral enormous in appealNot normally what pops into mind when thinking of fine dining table service but skewers or "hatelet" are as elegant as can be and versatile. Over the years, we've accumulated quite a few of these. Often as individuals or pairs so we've gone through and tried to group them the more 'similar' pieces and offer them here. Normally, they're not overly frilly and so the similarity often comes at the ringed ends, some with varying shapes or styles and so