描述
By the talented silversmith Henri Soufflot, superb antique french sterling silver 36-piece flatware set, with the rare neo-gothic model, named “Fer de Lance”, or ” Spearhead”. Each stamped of french guarantee Minerve 1er T.(950/1000) and of the prestigious master-silversmith Henri Soufflot. Henri Soufflot, operating from 89 rue de Turbigo in Paris, registered his sponsor’s mark on the 12th of April 1884. The sponsor’s mark was struck off on the 30th of April 1910.
The neo-Gothic style is an architectural style born in the middle of the 18th century in England. With the development of Romanticism, some enlightened amateurs such as Horace Walpole and William Beckford highly influenced the public’s enthusiasm for the Middle Ages, Medieval arts and the new aesthetic quality known as the “picturesque”, as shown in the luxurious architectural follies of Fonthill Abbey or Strawberry Hill. In the 19th century, the neo-Gothic had its moment of glory with the works of Pugin and Ruskin; the London Parliament (1840-1860) is a famous example of the style.
一組由法國優秀的銀匠Henri Soufflot所打造，非常珍貴的古董純銀餐具組。一組共三十六件餐具造型採用新歌德式的風格，其特點在於它們的把柄末端呈現矛尖式，又稱矛頭蝮蛇式。每一件餐具皆印有法國Minerve所認證的950銀印鑑以及Henri Soufflot銀匠的印鑑。根據紀錄指出，Soufflot的工作室位於法國巴黎89 rue de Turbigo，他的印鑑於1884年四月十二日登記，後來於1910年四月三十日註銷登記。
所謂新歌德風格源自於英國十八世紀中期的建築設計，由浪漫主義風格演變而來。當時由部分小說家、藝術史學家或是政治家例如Horace Walpole和William Beckford等等，他們對於中世紀獨特的建築與藝術抱有極大的熱情，便著手設計並打造他們心目中的完美建築。其中較為經典的歌德式建築有與草莓山莊以及Fonthill教堂。到了十九世紀時，新歌德風格在許多建築大師例如Pugin以及Ruskin的努力與推廣之下達到了巔峰，而倫敦國會大廈就是一個最為經典的新歌德式建築。
