Christofle Flatware Gives StyleChristofle is a very prestigious name in the production of china, crystal and flatware. Set up as early as in 1830, Christofle flatware has made a mark of its own in the tableware industry. Commissioned by people like Pope Pius IX and the Paris Opera, Christofle silverware and giftware commands a high price in the market. Christofle flatware offers a a very wide range of spoons, forks, and knives. Regular items like Teaspoon, Tablespoon, Dinner Fork, Dinner Knife, Standard Soup Spoon, Standard Fork, Standard Knife, Dessert Soup, Dessert Fork, and Dessert Knife are available in almost all the patterns. Apart from these regular items, there are several other types of spoons manufactured by Christofle. Some of them are Gourmet Sauce Spoon, Cream Soup Spoon, Coffee Spoon, Ice Cream Spoon, Demitasse Spoon, Large Serving Spoon, Salad Serving Spoon, Potato Spoon, and Rice Spoon. Ladles, a type of spoon is primarily of three types- Soup Ladle, Gravy Ladle and Fat Separating Gravy Ladle. There are also a large variety of Forks available from Christofle. To list a few, Fish Fork, Salad Fork, Two Pronged Fork, Cake Fork, Oyster Fork, Large Serving Fork, Salad Serving Fork, Fish Serving Fork, and Carving Fork. Similarly, Fish Knife, Fish Serving Knife, Carving Knife, Cheese Knife and Butter Spreader are some of the variants in knife. Some of the flatware items from Christofle, like Cake or Ice Cream Server, Sugar Spoons and Tongs, and Chopsticks are very popular. The most popular pattern in Chopsticks is the Baguettes Galet. Made in tropical wood it is very delicately finished and is exceptionally smooth to touch. With its end made in the silver plated metal, Galet chopsticks come in two forms, Japanese and Chinese. The sterling silver flatware collection from Christofle is very elegant. With price ranging from $800 to $1250, it is highly exclusive. Some of the current patterns available are, Aria Gold, Commodre, Galea, Albi, Aria, Chinon, Cluny, Marly, Malmaison, Oceana, and Perles. Except the first two patterns mentioned above, all the sterling patterns are also available in silver plating. America, Drop, Rubans, Tenere, Vertigo, and Spatours are other available patterns in silver-plate. Christofle silverware is also available in solid and elegant stainless steel. The patterns available are Hekla, Adagio, Albi II, Albi SatinII, Elementaire, Elemantaire Mat, Osiris, Perles-Mimosa, Tenere, and Urban. Available in a price range of $100 to $200, such flatware is affordable and entails easy maintenance. Christofle offers its own range of cleaning products for its silverware. Christofle flatware, along with its china and crystal, is immensely popular among collectors of quality silverware. With more than a century and a half of experience behind them, Christofle has become a name to be reckoned with in this industry. |