Silver Plated Cutlery Canteen - 243-piece/12-pax. - Gero, Zeist - Perfection - the Netherlands, 1952-1960

Exceptionally extensive silver-plated set of cutlery, made in the 1950's by Gero, Gerritsen Zeist. The set consists of no fewer than 243 (!) heavily silver-plated pieces in their original canteen of 5 drawers. The pattern, Perfection, is a design typical of the fifties, with more modern, streamlined contours clearly different from designs from the first half of the century. The cutlery set is suitable for 12 table guests, consisting of:

- 12 dinner spoons
- 12 dinner knives
- 12 knife rests
- 12 dinner forks
- 12 fishing knives
- 12 fish forks
- 12 starter/breakfast spoons
- 12 starter/breakfast knives
- 12 starter/breakfast forks
- 12 fruit forks
- 12 fruit knives
- 12 dessert spoons
- 12 ice cream spoons
- 12 pastry forks
- 12 teaspoons
- 12 coffee spoons
- 12 mocca/espresso spoons

Serving cutlery:
- Ladle
- 2 Gravy spoons
- 2 vegetable spoons
- 2 Compote spoons
- 2 Meat forks
- 2 Cream spoons
- 2 Meat forks
- 2 Butter knives
- 4 Meat forks
- Salad cutlery (salad spoon + salad fork)
- Jam spoon
- Custard spoon
- Potato spoon
- Rice spoon
- Pastry scoop
- Sugar tongs (different pattern)
- Fish serving scoop
- Cheese slicer
- Pastry scoop
- Sugar spoon
- 2 Sugar spoons (Gero, Floral pattern)
- 2 Long Drinking Spoons (different pattern, Douwe Egberts)
- Knife sharpener
- Bread saw
- Carving knife
- Carving fork

+ A silver-plated Gero holder for skewers, coffee spoons or pastry forks. This can be clamped to the side of a plate to stand upright in the center of the table.

A total of 243 pieces.

The cutlery is in excellent condition. There are light micro scratches here and there, but overall the cutlery appears to have been little used. The cassette is in good condition on the inside, although the outside is discoloured by the sun.

All piece marked on the back with [Letter][Gero][100] or [Letter][Gero][90].

Given the weight of the canteen (30+ kg), pickup is preferred. We can personally deliver the cutlery within the Netherlands, Flanders and West Germany. For shipping increased shipping rates apply and the shipment will be sent in 2 parcels.