Lot 399
  • 399

American silver Flemish pattern flatware service, Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1916

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • silver, stainless steel, wood
  • length of dish 10 1/2 in.
  • 26.7 cm
monogrammed HSE, comprising:
12 dinner knives
11 dinner forks
11 lunch knives
5 lunch forks
12 fish knives
12 fish forks
12 dessert knives
12 dessert forks (pg)
12 fruit knives
12 fruit forks
5 butter spreaders
12 salad forks (pg)
12 cocktail forks (pg)
12 ramekin forks
12 ice cream forks (pg)
4 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
5 tablespoons
12 soup spoons
12 bouillon spoons
8 citrus spoons (pg)
11 demitasse spoons (pg)
12 iced tea spoons
12 ice cream spoons (pg)
10 salt spoons (pg)
5-piece carving set
2 salad servers (pg)
269 pieces, in a Tiffany & Co. wood case mounted with brass plaque engraved Helen Elsie Smith / June 21, 1916. Together with one oval dish monogrammed to match by Tiffany & Co., and a pair of spot-hammered candlesticks with monogram EFD and weighted bases by Gorham Mfg. Co., 1918. 272 pieces total.

Condition

carvers with rust to stainless blades/tines, deterioration to the 2 knife blades, and 1 knife with dented tip of handle; all gilding slightly rubbed, but 1 dessert fork heavily rubbed; 1 dinner fork with dented tine; tablespoons with edges of bowls worn down; the case in good condition with minimal surface wear but not fitted for flatware; both candlesticks with stem pushed down slightly on one side; otherwise set in good condition; the knives all with handles securely attached and with Tiffany blades
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