Silver Plated Empire Cutlery Canteen - 104-piece/12-pax. - Vanstahl, Belgium - c. 1950's

A beautiful silver plated canteen of cutlery in the Empire style, made around the 1950's by the Belgian firm Vanstahl. The pieces are beautifully decorated with laurel wreaths and garlands of lily leaves, with a palmette on the bottom of the handles. These details are typical of the style of the Napoleonic era and endow the pieces with a stately and elegant character. The cutlery is complete for 12 people and comes in its original dark blue canteen with 2 drawers and anti-oxidation cloths. The whole consists of 103 pieces, namely:

- 12 dinner spoons
- 12 dinner knives
- 12 dinner forks
- 12 fish knives
- 12 fish forks
- 12 breakfast/appetizer forks
- 12 breakfast/appetizer knives
- 12 coffee/dessert spoons

Serving cutlery:
- Ladle
- Sauce spoon
- Potato Spoon
- Salad spoon
- Salad fork
- Pastry scoop
- Butter knife

A total of 103 pieces.

The cutlery is in excellent condition, with only minimal traces of use, such as superficial scratching and (polishable) oxidation of the silver. 

All parts are marked in the spoon trays and under the tines of the forks: [Vanstahl][100/60/x]
Blades of the knives marked: Vanstahl

Professional packaging/Insured shipment