Gio Ponti

Gio Ponti

1891 - 1979

"Diamond" Flatware Service

designed 1958

comprising 132 pieces including 18 dinner forks, 18 salad forks, 18 dinner knives, 15 table spoons, 15 teaspoons, 13 dessert spoons, 9 butter knives, 6 cocktail forks, 5 serving spoons, 4 serving forks, 3 pie servers, 2 soup spoons, 1 fish knife, 1 soup ladle, 1 sauce ladle, 1 carving fork, 1 carving knife and 1 pickle fork

produced by Reed & Barton, Taunton, Massachusetts

sterling silver

the forks and spoons impressed Reed & Barton/STERLING; the knives and pie server marked REED & BARTON/MIRRORSTELE/STERLING HANDLE; the carving knife marked REED & BARTON/Super Stainless; and the carving fork marked STAINLESS

pie server: 10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm)