THE JUDGE ELBERT H. GARY GOLD SERVICE. AN EIGHTEEN KARAT GOLD EXTENSIVE DINNER SERVICE, TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1910

each piece decorated with an Empire-style border of running leaf-tips, engraved with the initial G as a flowing ribbon, most pieces with fitted black leather boxes with green velvet interiors and stamped in gold with Tiffany & Co. and the items within, comprising:



a) eighteen service plates: 487oz 4dwt (5,151.92g); d. 11in. (27.8cm)
b) eighteen dinner plates: 432oz 8dwt (13,447.64g); d. 10 1/4 in. (26cm), in fitted box
c) eighteen dessert plates: 322oz 8dwt (10,026.64g); d. 9in. 22.8cm), in fitted box
d) eighteen cake plates: 194oz 12dwt (6,052.06g); d. 7 3/4in. (19.7cm), in fitted box
e) eighteen bread and butter plates: 161oz 12dwt (5,025.76g); d. 6 3/8 in. (16.4cm), in fitted box
f) eighteen ice cream dishes: 181oz (5.629g); d. 7in. (17.9cm), in fitted case
g) eighteen finger bowls: 204oz 10dwt (6,359.95g); d. at rim 4 5/8 in. (11.9cm), in fitted box
h) fourteen almond dishes: 83oz 4 dwt (2,587.52g), d. 4 1/2 in. (11.4cm); in two boxes
i) fourteen salts: 35oz 12dwt (1,107.16g); diameter 3in. (7.7cm) in two boxes



j) a flatware service:
thirty-six dinner knives with gilt-metal blades: 147oz 12 dwt (4,590.36g) gross
thirty-six dinner forks: 119oz 12dwt (3,719.56g)
eighteen entrée knives with gilt-metal blades: 57oz 8dwt (1,785.14g) gross
eighteen entrée forks: 54oz (1,679.4g)
eighteen fish knives: 48oz 12dwt (1,511.46g)
eighteen fish forks: 48oz (1,492.8g)
eighteen oyster forks: 26oz 12dwt (827.26g)
eighteen fruit knives: 40oz (1,244g)
eighteen small salad forks: 28oz 16dwt (895.68g)
eighteen ice cream forks: 27oz 16dwt (864.58g)
eighteen ice cream spoons: 27oz 12dwt (858.36g)
sixteen soup spoons:
eighteen teaspoons: 30oz 12dwt (951.66g)
eighteen coffee spoons: 15oz 4dwt (472.72g)
eighteen salt spoons: 6oz 12dwt (205.26g)
fourteen butter spreaders: 15oz 8dwt (478.94g)
one pair sugar tongs: 1oz (31.1g)
one mustard spoon: 14dwt (21.77g)
one horseradish spoon: 1oz (31.1g)
one oscar sauce spoon: 16dwt (24.88g)
one cake knife: 10oz 16dwt (335.88g)
one cake server: 7oz 16dwt (242.58g)
one ice cream server:



k) eighteen water goblets: 303oz 16dwt (9,448.18g), h. 6 3/4 in. (17.3cm), in fitted box for fourteen
l) eighteen champagne goblets: 176oz 16dwt (5,498.48g), h. 4 3/4 in. (12.3cm), in fitted box



m) a set of six table candlesticks with five detachable nozzles: 65oz (2,021.5g), h. 9 1/4 in. (23.6cm)
n) two vases: 55oz 12dwt (1,729.16g), h. 10 1/2 in. (26.6cm)



o) a fruit bowl: 55oz 8dwt (1,722.94g), d. 10in. (25.2cm)
p) an ice cream plate , d. 13 1/2in. (34.5cm), in fitted box
q) a cake stand: 60oz 16dwt (1,890.88g), d. 12 3/4 in. (32.5cm), in fitted box



r) a centerpiece with pendant laurel ring handles, pierced flower grid with urn finial: 115oz (3,576.5g) excluding gilt-metal inner grid, d. 12 7/8in. (32.7cm), in fitted box



s) four bonbon dishes: 30oz 8dwt (345.44g), d. 6 3/8 in. (16.1cm), in fitted box
t) two cigar lighters, Roman lamp form: 29oz 4dwt (908.12g), l. 6 3/4 in. (17cm), in fitted box
u) two ashtrays: 12oz 16dwt (398.08g), d. 5in. (12.7cm), in fitted box



v) a hexagonal salver
w) a cream jug



Together with:
x) twenty-four cut-glass casters, with 18 karat gold necks and slip-on covers, initialed G: the covers 10oz (311g), h. 3 1/2 in. (8.9cm)
y) a syrup jug, matching the above, with 18 karat gold hinged cover, neck and handle, h. 4 7/8 in. (11.9cm)
by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1920, the glass by Stourbridge, all signed Hall except two casters signed M..y.



562 pieces total