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A SILVER DINNER SERVICE
THIRTY MAKER'S MARK OF MT. VERNON COMPANY SILVERSMITHS, INC., MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK; THIRTY-ONE MAKER'S MARK OF GRAFF, WASHBOURNE & DUNN, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1910; RETAILER'S MARK OF BRAND-CHATILLON CO.
Comprising: twelve dinner plates, twelve lunch plates, twelve dessert plates, pitcher, sauceboat, mustard pot, three bottle sleeves, six finger bowls, six pepper casters, and eight salt cellars, in the de la Londe pattern, the plates circular, the reeded rim with leaves at intervals, the borders chased with foliate swags, crossed torch and arrows and oval cartouches with ovolo borders, within matte strapwork; the condiment service with conforming decoration, each engraved with a monogram, marked on reverses--the dinner plates 11in. (29.2cm.) diameter, the pitcher 10¼in. high
(592oz. 10dwt.) (62)
THIRTY MAKER'S MARK OF MT. VERNON COMPANY SILVERSMITHS, INC., MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK; THIRTY-ONE MAKER'S MARK OF GRAFF, WASHBOURNE & DUNN, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1910; RETAILER'S MARK OF BRAND-CHATILLON CO.
Comprising: twelve dinner plates, twelve lunch plates, twelve dessert plates, pitcher, sauceboat, mustard pot, three bottle sleeves, six finger bowls, six pepper casters, and eight salt cellars, in the de la Londe pattern, the plates circular, the reeded rim with leaves at intervals, the borders chased with foliate swags, crossed torch and arrows and oval cartouches with ovolo borders, within matte strapwork; the condiment service with conforming decoration, each engraved with a monogram, marked on reverses--the dinner plates 11in. (29.2cm.) diameter, the pitcher 10¼in. high
(592oz. 10dwt.) (62)
Provenance
Dolly Heminway, married in 1920 to Julius Fleischman, Mayor of Cincinnati and heir to the Fleischman yeast, margarine, vodka, and gin business
This service was used in Cincinnati and later in Palm Beach, where Dolly Fleischman O'Brien was a well-known hostess
This service was used in Cincinnati and later in Palm Beach, where Dolly Fleischman O'Brien was a well-known hostess