A Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware service

Lot 1061

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145 East Walnut Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States

John Moran Auctioneers is a family-owned and operated company, and market leader and trendsetter in sales of California and American art. We offer more works of California Impressionism, California Style watercolors, and Western art than any other auction house. Our personalized approach is our trad...Read more

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Decorative Art Auction by John Moran Auctioneers

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Decorative Art Auction

By John Moran Auctioneers

Sep 29, 2015 - Sep 30, 2015

Set Reminder 2015-09-29 18:00:00 2015-09-30 18:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Decorative Art Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/john-moran/decorative-art-auction-872 John Moran Auctioneers info@johnmoran.com

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Lot Description

Mid-20th century, in the ''Francis I'' pattern designed in 1907 by Ernest Meyers, each with maker's marks and further marked ''Sterling'', comprising 8 dinner forks (7.75''), 6 forks (7.125''), 12 individual salad forks (6.125''), 16 heavy weight teaspoons (5.875''), 8 teaspoons (5.875''), 8 new French hollow-handled stainless steel-bladed knives (9.5''), 6 modern hollow-handled stainless steel-bladed knives (8.875''), 1 hollow-handled stainless steel-bladed master butter spreader (7''), 8 hollow-handled stainless steel-bladed butter spreaders (6.25''), 4 modern hollow-handled stainless steel-bladed butter spreaders (6.375''), 1 old-style pickle fork (5.875''), 1 lemon fork (4.75''), 3 table/serving spoons (8.375''), 1 pierced table/serving spoon (8.375''), 1 cold meat serving fork (7.875''), 2 hollow-handled plastic-bowl salad servers (each: 11.75''), 1 tomato server (8.125''), 1 gravy ladle (6.75''), 1 hollow-handled stainless steel-bladed pie server (10.125''), 1 cream ladle (5.75''), 1 jelly server (5.875''), 1 sugar shell spoon (6.125'') and 1 pair of sugar tongs (4.125''), not monogrammed, 93 pieces, weighable sterling 101.145 oz troy approximately, est: $1800/2200 Provenance: Private Collection, Burbank, CA

Condition

Overall good condition, with general marks, scratches, rubbed wear and tarnishing commensurate with age and light to moderate use. Weight does not include hollow-handled articles.
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