CIRCA 1896

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AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT TABLE SERVICE
CIRCA 1896
IMPERIAL QUEEN PATTERN, EACH ENGRAVED WITH THE INITIALS E.J.B. COMPRISING,
SEVENTEEN TABLE SPOONS
EIGHTEEN TABLE FORKS
EIGHTEEN DESSERT SPOONS
EIGHTEEN DESSERT FORKS
EIGHTEEN TEA SPOONS
EIGHTEEN BOUILLON SPOONS
EIGHTEEN ICE CREAM SPOONS
EIGHTEEN GRAPEFRUIT SPOONS
EIGHTEEN FISH FORKS
EIGHTEEN FISH KNIVES
EIGHTEEN SOUP SPOONS
SIXTEEN SALAD FORKS
EIGHTEEN OYSTER FORKS
SEVENTEEN BUTTER KNIVES
EIGHTEEN TABLE KNIVES WITH STAINLESS STEEL BLADES
EIGHTEEN CHEESE KNIVES, SIMILAR
EIGHTEEN DESSERT KNIVES WITH PLATED BLADES
A SOUP LADLE, A SAUCE LADLE, A CREAM LADLE, A SIFTING SPOON, FOUR SERVING SPOONS IN SIZES WITH SHELL BOWLS, TWO CARVING KNIVES, TWO CARVING FORKS, A STEEL, A PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS, A FISH SLICE AND FORK, A CAKE SLICE AND FORK, A GRAVY SPOON, A STRAINING SPOON AND A SERVING SLICE
383OZS. (11,919GRS.)

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EFFIE KING BAGGALEY (1871-1915) AND THEN BY DESCENT

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EFFIE KING BAGGALEY (1871-1915) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MAJOR GEORGE MCLEAN IRWIN AND EUPHEMIA CAMPBELL KING. SHE MARRIED RALPH BAGGALEY ON 11 JUNE 1896 AT THE EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. THIS TABLE SERVICE WAS GIVEN AS A WEDDING PRESENT. HER HUSBAND, A PITTSBURGH FINANCIER AND INDUSTRIALIST, WAS A MAJOR INVESTOR IN THE SOUTH PENN RAILROAD. HE WAS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE DUQUESNE CLUB IN PITTSBURGH AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE PITTSBURGH SOCIAL REGISTER.

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