An American Silver Flatware Service, Wm. B. Durgin, Concord, NH, early 20th century

DuBarry pattern, some pieces engraved V V, comprising:
twenty-one dinner knives
twenty-one dinner forks
twenty-one lunch knives
forty-two lunch forks
twenty-one fish knives
twenty-three fish forks
twenty-two fruit knives
twenty salad forks
twenty-two butter spreaders
twenty cocktail forks
twenty-one ice cream forks
sixty-five teaspoons
twenty-one dessert spoons
six tablespoons
twenty-one soup spoons
twenty-one bouillon spoons
twenty-one grapefruit spoons
twenty-three coffee spoons
twenty-two demitasse spoons
twenty-one iced tea spoons
twenty-one ice cream spoons
eight piece carving set
one poultry shears
two serving spoons
two tomato servers
four serving forks
two sauce ladles
two cream ladles
two paté servers
two pie slices
four berry spoons
two bon bon servers
two butter knives
two olive spoons
four pickle forks
two sugar spoons
four sugar tongs
541 pieces, in 9 wood boxes

good condition
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