Sale 2538
New York
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28 - 29 February 2012
Price realised
USD 2,250
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A GROUP OF FIFTEEN SILVER SERVING UTENSILS, LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY, comprising a fish slice, a pastry trowel, a meat fork, a straining spoon, three pairs of serving forks and spoons, a vegetable fork, all with similar figural handles; various makers, all marked 'Sterling'; a pair of Austrian sandwich servers, marked .800; two double-pronged serving forks and a spoon in the Jensen style, Whiting, marked 'Sterling'; together with a serving fork and spoon in the Jensen style The fish slice, the largest, 12in. (30.5cm.) long, 68oz. approximately (17)
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