An extensive American silver Mellon pattern table service, Frank M. Whiting & Co., North Attleboro, MA, mid 20th century

all with fluted and reeded decoration and gadroon rims, comprising:
12 goblets
12 bread plates
2 oval bread baskets
2 tazzas
1 meat platter
1 circular tray
1 circular shallow bowl
1 sauce boat and stand
1 pitcher
7-piece tea and coffee set, including:
   1 teapot
   1 coffee pot
   1 kettle on lampstand
   1 creamer
   1 covered sugar bowl
   1 waste bowl
   1 two-handled tray
4 casters
3 salts
3 salt spoons
2 candlesticks
53 pieces

Frank M. Whiting family

most pieces engraved "BOARDMAN" on base, in very good, lightly used condition with minimal surface scratches/nicks
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Burton Boardman is the current president of J.C. Boardman & Co., which began production of sterling, pewter, silver-plate, and brass hollowware in 1949. The company was founded by his father, Joseph C. Boardman, but is part of a long family tradition of metalworking. Burton and Joseph are descendants of J.C. Boardman, who was making silver and pewter goods in Hartford, and Luther Boardman, a metalsmith working in East Haddam, both working in the middle of the 19th century. Today, the firm is well known for its line of catalog items and its special orders, including reproductions for New York’s MoMA and sporting trophies.