An American silver Flemish pattern flatware service, Tiffany & Co., New York, early 20th century

engraved with crest on front of handle and monogrammed BW on back, some peices parcel-gilt (pg), comprising:
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
12 lunch knives
6 fish knives
6 fish forks
12 dessert knives
12 dessert forks
12 fruit knives
6 pastry forks (pg)
12 butter spreaders
12 salad forks (pg)
12 oyster forks (pg)
12 lobster picks
12 ice cream forks (pg)
12 berry forks (pg)
12 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
12 tablespoons
12 bouillon spoons
11 citrus spoons (pg)
12 coffee spoons (pg)
12 demitasse spoons (pg)
6 iced tea spoons (pg)
5-piece carving set
1 poultry shear
2 fish servers
2 salad servers (pg)
1 serving fork
1 cold meat fork
1 lettuce fork
1 roast fork
3 serving spoons
1 tomato server
1 pea server
1 waffle server
1 sandwich tongs
1 punch ladle (pg)
1 gravy ladle
1 oyster ladle
1 cream ladle
1 mustard ladle (pg)
1 basting spoon
1 cheese knife
1 cheese scoop
1 ice cream slice
1 pastry server (pg)
1 berry spoon
1 jelly spoon (pg)
1 jelly knife (pg)
1 preserve spoon (pg)
1 master butter knife
2 master salt spoons
2 salt spoots
1 butter pick
1 lemon fork
2 olive forks (pg)
1 olive spoon (pg)
1 horseradish spoon
1 sardine fork
1 petits fours server
2 sugar spoons (pg)
2 sugar tongs (pg)
1 crumb scoop
304 pieces, in original Tiffany & Co. wood fitted case with labels for each slot

a few gaps in the case where pieces are missing: 1 Saratoga chip server, 1 small sugar sifter, 2 bon non spoons, 1 pair of ice tongs, 1 citrus spoon, 6 pastry forks; some pieces replaced and not engraved to match (noted when the replaced pieces are not parcel-gilded to match the set): 1 citrus spoon (not parcel-gilt), 4 demitasse spoons (not parcel-gilt), 2 coffee spoons (not parcel-gilt), 1 sugar tongs (not parcel-gilt), 2 teaspoons, 4 butter spreaders, 1 dessert spoon, 1 waffle server, 1 berry spoon (with monogram JKE); the dinner, lunch and butter knives and carvers with some dings to hollow handles, 2 dinner knives with larger dents to side of handles; some parcel-gilt pieces with gilding rubbed; knife blades are all secure with no separating from handles; overall good condition, nice set
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The crest and monogram are those of Benjamin Wilcox (1859-?) of Bristol, Massachusetts, who worked in the cotton manufacturing industry, serving as treasurer to the Pierce Manufacturing Corporation, City Manufacturing Co., and Bristol Mill. In 1884, he married Charlotte W. Haskins, with whom he had one son, John Haskins Wilcox.