PARIS LAST QUARTER OF THE 19th CENTURY Long pair of spoons in vermeil, the stem in imitation of a branch. The spatula represents a ribbed leaf on which a monkey, in the manner of a spider, is held on the reverse side by its upper and lower limbs as well as by its tail, passing its head through a tear visible on the obverse. Minerva hallmark Goldsmith : Alphonse-Edouard DEBAIN Weight : 70 g - length : 20,4 cm Since the sale of June 25, 2021 and the preemption by the Museum of Decorative Arts of the teapot featuring a pumpkin from which a snail seems to be extracted as from a pantry, we now identify Alphonse Debain as an atypical creator whose subject of these spoons seems to be the humorous continuity.