An extensive Spanish silver flatware service, Matilde Espunes, retailed by Aldao Joyero, Madrid, mid 20th century

Fiddle pattern variant with foliate decoration, some pieces parcel-gilt (pg), comprising:
48 dinner knives
48 dinner forks
24 lunch knives
24 lunch forks
24 fish knives
24 fish forks
24 dessert knives
24 dessert forks
24 cocktail forks
24 teaspoons
24 dessert spoons
24 tablespoons
24 coffee spoons (pg)
24 egg spoons (pg)
8 carvers
4 fish servers
2 salad servers (pg)
2 cold meat forks
4 serving spoons
2 vegetable spoons (pg)
2 asparagus servers
2 punch ladles
2 sauce ladles
2 d'oeuvre servers
2 cake knives (1 pg)
2 pie servers
4 pastry servers (1 pg)
2 preserve spoons
2 nut servers
2 master butter knives
2 lemon forks
2 olive forks
2 sugar sifters
2 sugar tongs
436 pieces, in two original fitted wood cases from the retailer

cases with dings and scratches, one with broken hinge and missing brass mount, flatware in good condition
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