An American Silver Flatware Service, Reed & Barton, Taunton, MA, first half 20th century

Francis I pattern, mostly unengraved, comprising:
twelve dinner knives
ten dinner forks
twelve lunch knives
twelve lunch forks
twelve fruit knives
twelve salad/pastry forks
eleven butter spreaders
eleven oyster forks
twelve ice cream forks
fifteen teaspoons
twelve dessert spoons
six tablespoons
twelve soup spoons
twelve bouillon spoons
ten grapefruit spoons
eleven demitasse spoons
twelve iced tea spoons
three-piece carving set
one fish serving fork
one tomato server
one sauce ladle
one cream ladle
one cake server
two berry spoons
two jelly spoons
one lemon fork
one pickle fork
one pair sugar tongs
one pair ice tongs
Together with one demitasse spoon of a different pattern
212 pieces, in wood box

some bowl tips slightly bent from use, a few engraved with initials, overall good condition
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