$15,000
GORHAM 'VERSAILLES' STERLING FLATWARE SET, 460 PIECES:Assembled set of sterling silver flatware includes 28 dinner knives (twelve with new French blades), L. 9 3/4", 28 dinner/place forks, L.7 5/8"-7 3/4", 28 place knives, L.8 3/4"-8 7/8" (twelve with new French blades), 28 salad forks, L.6 3/4", 8 individual fish knives, L.7 7/8" (solid), 25 dessert/table spoons, L.7", 31 soup spoons, L.6 3/4", 28 bouillon soup spoons, L.5", 31 dessert forks, L.6", 24 gilt ice cream forks, L.5 1/2", 13 gilt fruit/orange spoons, 28 oyster forks, L.5 3/4", 33 flat butter spreaders, 53 teaspoons, 16 iced tea spoons, and 15 demi tasse spoons, as well as 11 table/serving spoons, L.8 1/4", 2 cold meat forks, L.8 1/4", 2 meat forks, L.8 3/4", 3 pierced vegetable serving forks, L.7 3/4" & 8 3/4", 4 vegetable serving spoons, L.8 3/4", 2 oyster servers,1 flat server, 1 cake server, 1 cream ladle, 2 gravy ladles, 1 tomato server, 1 sugar spoon, 2 sugar tongs, 1 lemon fork, 1 butter/nut pick, 3 carving forks, 3 carving knives, 1 sharpening steel, and 1 poultry shears. Totaling approximately 556.45 troy oz. Together with campaign style mahogany storage chest, having a hinged lid and three drawers, velour lining, raised on casters, H.21" x 26" x 18 1/2", no key.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2013-03-16
