An extensive American silver table service, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1911 and circa

Property from a Distinguished Southern Family

An extensive American silver table service, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1911 and circa

decorated with fruiting and flowering garlands linked by lion masks and cartouches, comprising:

1 centerpiece bowl, fitted with a plated liner

1 water pitcher

3 oval trays, in sizes

3 circular trays, in sizes

1 rectangular tray, fitted with silver mazarin

2 large tazze

4 small tazze

1 two-compartment entrée dish and cover with slip-lock finial

1 sauce boat with stand

2 casters

2 open salts with gilt interiors

21 pieces

marked on base rims with maker's mark (most effaced), and marked on bases with retailer's mark Theodore B. Starr, New York; a few pieces with date code for 1911: the three oval trays and medium circular tray

697 oz excluding plated liner

21677 g

diameter of centerpiece bowl 17 1/2 in.; height of pitcher 10 1/4 in.

44.5 cm; 26 cm