MAISON LAPPARRA ART DECO SILVER ICE-CREAM SET, 17 pieces

goldsmith’s hallmark ‘H and L between a rat’, signed ‘Lapparra’, silver mark: Minerve turned right comprising 17 pieces: 12 ice-cream spoons - 350 gr., L. 13 cm 1 ladle - 132 gr., L. 22.5 cm 1 small ice-cream scoop - 42 gr., L. 13.7 cm 1 cake scoop - 131 gr., L. 21.3 cm 1 serving ice cream scoop - 38 gr., L. 13.5 cm 1 sugar tongs - 58 gr., L. 11.7 cm total weight - 751 gr. Condition: overall good condition, minor oxidation, some signs of usage Antoine Lapparra was a Parisian goldsmith who founded his company in 1893. Henri, Antoine’s nephew, succeeded him in 1923 and registered his mark “a rat and the initials HL” on the same date, which was used until the house was bought by the Souche brothers in 1960.