An extensive American silver and silver-gilt assembled Chrysanthemum pattern flatware service, Tiffany & Co., New York, late 19th - early 20th century

engraved with varying foliated script monograms, some pieces parcel-gilt (pg), comprising:
12 dinner knives
23 dinner forks
12 lunch knives
18 lunch forks
24 fish knives
36 fish forks
12 dessert knives
12 steak knives
18 butter spreaders
12 cocktail forks
6 oyster forks
12 ice cream forks
12 strawberry forks
6 game forks
24 teaspoons
20 dessert spoons
11 tablespoons
12 soup spoons
12 bouillon spoons
12 grapefruit spoons
12 demitasse spoons
24 sorbet spoons
12 small salt spoons (pg)
6 gilt and parcel gilt large salt spoons
1 fish server
2 salad servers (pg)
6 serving spoons
1 asparagus server
1 asparagus tongs
1 punch ladle
2 sauce ladles
1 ice cream server
12 nut picks
1 grape scissors
10 olive forks
1 sugar sifter
1 sugar tongs
9 butter pats (pg)
12 circular salts (pg)
4 oval salts (pg)
2 gilt rectangular salts
12 small pepper casters
2 large pepper casters
2 large gilt pepper casters
Together with 1 Gorham Imperial Chrysanthemum pattern dessert spoon.
444 pieces, partly in original fitted wood case

this set is built from multiple sets, there are at least three different monograms used; wood case is heavily scratched and dented at corners, with wood inlay missing from lid and inlaid brass monogram popping out and bent; abrasion to gilding on some of the parcel-gilt pieces, otherwise good, crisp condition
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