Antique French Hallmarked Sterling Silver 9pc Skewer or Hatelet Set, 1798-1838 Marks antique cups saucers The composition is as fine

The composition is as fine and interesting as is the control of shadow and lighting with addition of chalk or white conte crayon

These sometimes come with a string still attached to each end

The carving is lovely

and that is very iconographic for mourning - both the black enameled gold and also the seed pearls

intimate but not small

Antique French Hallmarked Sterling Silver 9pc Skewer or Hatelet Set, 1798-1838 Marks antique cups saucers The composition is as fineNot 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