An English Silver Flatware Service with Royal Cipher of Iran, Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, 1973

ribbon tied reeded borders terminating in foliage, engraved with the Royal cipher of Iran, comprising:
twelve dinner knives
twelve dinner forks
twelve lunch knives
twelve lunch forks
twelve fish knives
twelve fish forks
twelve fruit knives
twelve dessert forks
twelve butter spreaders
twelve soup spoons
six bouillon spoons
twelve coffee spoons
twelve ice cream spoons, different pattern, Mappin & Webb, 1948
six sorbet spoons, German
two-piece fish serving set
158 pieces, in wood box with three compartments

good condition, normal scratches from use
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Stated to have been supplied to the Iranian embassy in Washington D.C.