$5,500
TIFFANY & CO. STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE FOR TWELVE, 'SHELL & THREAD', C. 1905, 103 PIECES:Including 12 dinner knives with blunt blades and hollow handles, L.10 3/8", 12 dinner forks, L.7 1/2" (31.3 troy oz.), 12 entrée knives with blunt blades and hollow handles, L.9 1/8", 12 entrée forks (25.22 troy oz.), 12 salad forks (20.22 troy oz.), 12 pastry forks (17.33 troy oz.), 12 flat handle butter spreaders (10.96 troy oz.), and 12 teaspoons (15.85 troy oz.), as well as 1 lemon fork (0.64 troy oz.), 1 serving spoon (4.14 troy oz.), 1 gravy ladle (3.5 troy oz.), 1 pierced cold meat fork, L.8 7/8" (3.22 troy oz.), 1 master butter knife with hollow handle, 1 cake server, L.10", and 1 pierced tomato/pastry server, L.7 3/4" (2.9 troy oz.); each piece monogrammed at the handle "CWE" in script, and stamped on the reverse "Tiffany & Co., Sterling, Pat. 1905, C [directorship of Charles T. Cook, 1902-1907]". Totaling approximately 135.28 troy oz. weighable.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2008-03-15
