A Danish silver flatware service, A. Michelsen, Cophenhagen, Late 20th Century

Classic Ida pattern with plain rounded handles and short tines, comprising:
twenty-four dinner knives
twenty-four dinner forks
twenty-four lunch knives
twenty-three lunch forks
twenty-three fish knives
twenty-one fish forks
twenty-five butter spreaders
twenty-six salad forks
six dessert knives
twenty-four teaspoons
twenty-four dessert spoons
twenty-four soup spoons
twenty-one coffee spoons
two-piece carving set
four serving forks
two cold meat forks
two serving spoons
one tomato server
two sauce ladles
one cake knife
one cake server
one pie server
one lemon fork
one sugar spoon
twenty-four salt and pepper shakers, Garrard & Co., Ltd, London
Together with:
three silver-plated serving tongs
334 pieces

Purchased from Georg Jensen, 15 New Bond St., London, May 1982

light scratches to all from use, one dinner fork and one salad fork with bent tines, otherwise good condition
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