An American silver Kings pattern flatware service, Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1900

engraved with various monograms, most with initial D, comprising:
20 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
12 lunch knives
20 lunch forks
19 butter spreaders
20 salad forks
7 cocktail forks
18 teaspoons
20 dessert spoons
20 citrus spoons
12 demitasse spoons
12 ice cream spoons
2 tablespoons
2 carvers
1 serving fork
1 serving spoon
1 gravy ladle
199 pieces

all with signs of use- surface scratches and 10 teaspoons (the ones initialed D) with bowls worn and slightly dented at tip; 1 dinner knife with blade separated, otherwise all other knives in good condition with no dents to handles or separating between blades and handles. (listing of pieces unengraved: 8 dinner knives, 7 butter spreaders, 10 dessert spoons, 8 teaspoons, 8 citrus spoons, 8 lunch forks, 8 salad forks, 7 cocktail forks, 2 tablespoons, 2 carvers, 1 serving fork, 1 serving spoon, 1 gravy ladle. / listing of pieces monogrammed JES: 12 butter spreaders, 12 dessert spoons, 12 demitasse spoons, 12 ice cream spoons / all other pieces initialed D)
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