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This silverplated device, which resembles scissors tongs, was made by Armand Frenais of Paris France c.1880.
Measures almost 5 inches ( 12.5 cm.) long.

It is used to serve a food I have never eaten, and never will.
What is the name of the food ?



Pat.
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Les escargots or commonly known as snails.

Best regards/JAKJO
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Well done JAKJO.

In case anyone missed them, there are two small snails on the handle.



Pat.
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Hello

Never I’ve forgot a restaurant night February 1972 in Clermont-Ferrand. My neighbour wine assisted be ready to fall into sleep turned 24 escargots on and on like a hyper slow motion rally of Monte Carlo.

1871 France war debts to Germany resulted in Germany in an explosion of luxury and inventions of additional cutlery functions and «must have too». France survived first crisis. Hedonism tucks back his position as ever before.

1873 Vienna World Exhibition: Bank crash was only a short interruption for Britannia Metal hollowware and flatware objects. For thousand and more producers on the globe this non-silver alloy material and his production method became first choice until World War I.

Laissez-faire assisted France to raise invention of invention — Christofle catalogues are witnesses par excellence.

Baroques signification was faiences sculptured like nature — a mental survival tuck place and claimed to get same pleasure in consumption by exotic and refined culture of dining; refrigeration assisted.

A well done escargot is hot! To hot for sensible finger-tips! And fork’s tines don’t cool down. Gourmets’ pleasures need a «multifunctional» flatware addition.

Multifunctional: Be finger-tip, cooler, quality mark of escargots vineyard origin. And last but not least assist escargots to enjoy her mission of Gourmets’ dining pleasure.

Here shown objects could be steel reinforced and plunge-moulded pewter alloy, plated.

Shown objects in pole position range of collectors Christmas list.

Kind regards silverport
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