An extensive antique Jugendstil / Art Nouveau dinner service in 800 silver by VSF Dusseldorf, c. 1907, comprising 11pc. place setting for 16 people plus numerous serving pieces; 217 pieces total in an antique chest with new custom fitted anti-tarnish cloth compartments.It is exciting to find a set for 16 as most on the market only serve 12 people. This set comprises the following: 16 fish forks, 16 fish knives, 16 place forks, 16 place knives, 16 dinner forks, 16 dinner knives, 16 fruit forks, 16 fruit knives, 16 tablespoons, 16 oyster forks, and 16 teaspoons, plus 8 lobster picks, 6 caviar spreaders, 6 cheese knives, 2 salt cellars, 2 salt spoons, and 17 other serving pieces of various shapes and sizes.Dinner Forks: 8 3/8” longDinner Knives: 10 1/8” longApproximately 229 ozt (including an estimated half-ounce for each dinner and lunch knife and a third ounce for all the smaller hollow-handles items).Provenance: acquired directly from the descendants of the original owner, who received it new as a wedding present in 1907.

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