A French silver Moliere pattern flatware service, Puiforcat, Paris, 20th century

unengraved, comprising:
24 dinner knives
24 dinner forks
24 lunch knives
23 lunch forks
24 fish knives
28 fish forks
24 butter spreaders
19 cocktail forks
24 teaspoons
30 dessert spoons
20 soup spoons
24 demitasse spoons
24 sorbet spoons
12 ice cream spoons
4 serving forks
4 serving spoons
4 fish servers
4 salad servers
4 cold meat forks
2 rice serving spoons
2 gravy ladles
1 punch ladle
2 pastry servers
1 sugar tongs
352 pieces

all with light surface wear from use, 1 fish spatula and 1 pastry server each with a small ding to serving end, engraving possibly removed but no dips, overall good condition
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