An American silver Pointed Antique pattern flatware service, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, mid 20th Century

initialed O, some pieces parcel-gilt (pg), comprising:
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
12 lunch knives
12 lunch forks
12 fish knives
12 salad forks
13 cocktail forks
12 pastry forks (pg)
12 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
12 soup spoons
12 citrus spoons
12 demitasse spoons (pg)
12 iced tea spoons
3 tablespoons
5-piece carving set
1 poultry shears
2 salad servers
1 cold meat fork
1 gravy ladle
1 cream ladle
1 pastry server
1 jelly spoon (pg)
1 olive spoon (pg)
1 sugar tongs
187 pieces

all with light signs of wear- light surface scratches, dings to tips of some hollow handles, gilding rubbed
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