French Art Nouveau period guilloché Silver handle Bronze cake fork

French Art Nouveau period guilloché Silver handle Bronze cake fork A beautiful cake with a sterling silver handle. The fork handle is designed with a guilloch pattern on the handle. It is called guilloché in French. The pattern looks simple, but it requires very powerful craftsmanship. The production of the guilloché pattern requires precision, complexity and constant repetition. It takes several steps to form such a pattern. This process can be seen on the dial of the world-famous Breguet watch. The guilloché process is more difficult to carve than patterned carvings. It must be chiseled out under a microscope, which takes a long time. It is also extremely demanding on the eyesight. It was far more difficult to make more than a hundred years ago than it is today. At first glance, this pattern looks like scale-like lines, noble and delicate. The cake fork is a very special French-style cutting fork. French tableware has always had the most variety in the shape of the world. Some are practical, and some are more artistic than practical. I think this Bronze cake cutting fork is both... It is the most beautiful and practical French tableware. Therefore, I am keen to look for this type of cake fork. Unfortunately, this type of cake fork is not so easy to find. The more common ones are made of bakelite handles and mother-of-pearl. The material is also difficult to find, and usually there are only a few in the single digits. The one made of pure silver handle is even more rare, and it is worth collecting and using. The left side of this kind of fork is wider and has a bevel design, which makes it easier for you to cut cakes, and the shape is also smooth and beautiful. The handle this time is made of sterling silver, which is a beautiful combination of gold and silver. The shape adopts the exquisite guilloché pattern style, which is worth collecting. #The handle is made of sterling silver with a French sterling silver stamp, and the fork head is made of Bronze to cut the cake surface. #There are only three pieces, the condition is about the same, they will be shipped randomly. Year: Around 1890 Size: about 17.1cm #This is the price for 1 handful #If sold individually, a storage box will be included (as shown in the picture). #Sold without other photos It can be used normally, but old handmade sterling silver pieces will inevitably have historical traces such as oxidation and surface dents. Please buy it only if you can accept it.