Tétard Frères
An Art Deco Style French silver flatware service, in a canteen box
Tétard Frères
An Art Deco Style French silver flatware service, in a canteen box
By Tetard Freres, with first standard Minerva head mark, post 1973
Spoons also stamped 0.950, or with Mercury export mark
weight (excluding knives with steel blades): 200oz.
The tapering broad stems with a central ribbed panel to the front, plain back, comprising: thirteen table forks, thirteen table knives, with steel blades, twenty-six dessert forks, twenty-six dessert knives, with steel blades, thirteen dessert spoons, thirteen fish forks, thirteen fish knives, twelve teaspoons, one coffee spoon, in a Tetard Freres wood veneered fitted canteen box.
The firm was founded in 1880 by Edmond Tetard (1860-1901), initially specialising in tableware particularly in the style of Louis XV. After winning a golden medal at the Exposition Universalle in Paris in 1889, the firm grew in popularity. After the death of their father in 1902, the business was taken over by sons George, Henri, and Jacques, who changed the firms name to the present form of Tétard Frères. In the 1920s their style of design change significantly to reflect the new Art Deco patterns and models. Their specialism in tableware continued and they continued to reinvent traditional designs with more modern and geometrical style, together with the firm Christofle.
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