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AN EXTENSIVE 393-PIECE SILVER OLD-MASTERS-PATTERN FLATWARE SERVICE
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1885-1895
In original fitted oak chest lined with yellow silk; each piece engraved with script initials BWS, comprising:
Twenty-nine table spoons
Eighteen dessert spoons
Thirty-six teaspoons
Eighteen ice-cream spoons with gilt bowls
Sixteen coffee spoons
Twenty-nine dinner forks
Thirty-six fish forks
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen game forks
Eighteen pastry forks
Eighteen seafood forks
Eighteen dinner knives with stainless steel blades
Seventeen game knives with stainless steel blades
Eighteen dessert knives with stainless steel blades
Seventeen fish knives with silver blades
Eighteen large butter knives with silver blades
A three-piece carving set with steel findings
A two-piece game carving set with steel findings
A fish serving fork and slice
A soup ladle
A large serving spoons
A smaller serving spoon
A serving spoon with scalloped bowl
An ice-cream serving spoon
A crumber tray
A serving fork
Another serving fork
A serrated knife with silver blade
A cake slice with silver-gilt blade
A tart lifter
A pair of butter servers
A pair of sauce ladles
A cheese scoop
A pair of cream-soup ladles
Four salt spoons
A condiment serving spoon
An olive spoon
A pair of asparagus serving tongs
A pair of sugar tongs
(weighable silver 631 oz. 10 dwt.)
Together with a silver-mounted leather booklet listing each piece in the service, with vellum pages showing the plan of each drawer and deck, maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co.,the corner mounts with foliate scrolls, rocaille and cat-tails
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1885-1895
In original fitted oak chest lined with yellow silk; each piece engraved with script initials BWS, comprising:
Twenty-nine table spoons
Eighteen dessert spoons
Thirty-six teaspoons
Eighteen ice-cream spoons with gilt bowls
Sixteen coffee spoons
Twenty-nine dinner forks
Thirty-six fish forks
Eighteen dessert forks
Eighteen game forks
Eighteen pastry forks
Eighteen seafood forks
Eighteen dinner knives with stainless steel blades
Seventeen game knives with stainless steel blades
Eighteen dessert knives with stainless steel blades
Seventeen fish knives with silver blades
Eighteen large butter knives with silver blades
A three-piece carving set with steel findings
A two-piece game carving set with steel findings
A fish serving fork and slice
A soup ladle
A large serving spoons
A smaller serving spoon
A serving spoon with scalloped bowl
An ice-cream serving spoon
A crumber tray
A serving fork
Another serving fork
A serrated knife with silver blade
A cake slice with silver-gilt blade
A tart lifter
A pair of butter servers
A pair of sauce ladles
A cheese scoop
A pair of cream-soup ladles
Four salt spoons
A condiment serving spoon
An olive spoon
A pair of asparagus serving tongs
A pair of sugar tongs
(weighable silver 631 oz. 10 dwt.)
Together with a silver-mounted leather booklet listing each piece in the service, with vellum pages showing the plan of each drawer and deck, maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co.,the corner mounts with foliate scrolls, rocaille and cat-tails