AN ASSEMBLED GERMAN SILVER ART NOUVEAU FLATWARE SERVICE, MOST BRUCKMANN & SÖHNE, HEILBRONN, RETAILED BY POSEN, FRANKFURT, CIRCA 1900 |

unengraved, most with petal and berry terminal, some in variant Art Nouveau patterns, comprising:
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
10 lunch knives
12 lunch forks
12 fish knives
12 fish forks
12 fruit knives, 6 in variant pattern
12 fruit forks, 6 in variant pattern
12 ramekin forks
12 teaspoons
12 tablespoons
6 dessert spoons
12 demitasse spoons, variant pattern
11 egg spoons, variant pattern
2 fish servers
2 salad servers
2 serving spoons
2 gravy ladles
1 asparagus server, variant pattern
1 bread fork, variant pattern
1 master butter knife, variant pattern
1 small spatula, variant pattern
2 pickle forks
1 sugar tongs, variant pattern
174 pieces, all in fitted wood case

all handles with engravings removed; the dinner, lunch, and dessert knives with most blades slightly separating from the handles, but still tight; the non-variant fruit forks also with tines slightly separating from handles- one a bit loose, but the others tight; the case with gaps for two additional serving pieces; overall good condition with light surface wear from use
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