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This page will be devoted to sets of flatware. Listed under Flatware Sets will be normal sets of flatware as well as partial sets in a particular pattern consisting of multiple place settings; Specialty Sets will list such items as fish sets, dessert sets, and groups of interesting knives, forks and/or spoons. If you are interested in acquiring individual groups of place knives, forks or spoons to build your collection please visit our Place Flatware page; for various flatware servers check out the following six pages: Serving Spoons (those with a bowl), Serving Forks (those with tines), Serving Knives (those with blades), Serving Sets (combinations of servers or serving and place pieces), Ladles (bowls again!), and Miscellaneous Servers (everything else!). If a piece is marked Hold it has been reserved by a customer,  if it is marked Paid we have received a check, and if it is marked Sold the transaction has been completed. Please use the inventory number for identification of an item. To examine our latest additions please check out our New Listings.

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1295-31.jpg (55688 bytes) 1295-31. 18 Pieces Gorham 'Antique' (c.1875) with acid frosted finish; consisting of 6 each Dessert Forks, Large Dessert Spoons, and Tea Spoons. Script mono "H". Together with the 6 original mother-of-pearl handled dessert knives by the Connecticut Plate Co. and all contained in original gift box labeled by retailer R. W. Edwards of Oakland CA. Large Dessert Spoon 7.5" long, 1.5" bowl width; Dessert Fork 6.75" long, 0.88" width across tines; Tea Spoon 5.88" long, 1.12" bowl width; 19.5 troy oz. total; Dessert Knife 7.75" long with silverplated steel blunt blade. Exterior of gift box in poor condition. $ 450.
1470-46.jpg (61682 bytes) 1470-46. 46 Pieces Gorham 'Buttercup' (1900) consisting of 6 Dinner Forks, 6 Dinner Knives with silverplated steel blunt blades, 6 Salad Forks, 12 Tea Spoons, 6 Bouillon Spoons, 6 Butter Spreaders, 3 Table Spoons, and 1 Sugar Spoon. "Mono "C". Dinner Fork; 7.5" long; Dinner Knife: 9.62" long; Salad Fork: 6.25" long; Tea Spoon: 5.88" long; Bouillon Spoon: 5.25" long; Butter Spreader: 6" long; Table Spoon: 8.38" long; Sugar Spoon: 6" long; 44.5 troy oz. overall weighable. $ 1,000.
1377-79.jpg (63731 bytes) 1377-79. 26 Pieces Gorham 'Newcastle' (1895) consisting of 8 Dinner Forks, 6 Luncheon Forks, 8 Tea Spoons, and Large Soup Spoons. Vertical script mono "CDD". We also have 6 German silver-handled Table Knives with beaded oval handles and carbon steel blades made by P. Bruckmann & Söhne of Heilbronne that can be added to form five-piece place settings. Dinner Fork: 7.88" long, 1" width across tines; Luncheon Forks: 7.25" long, 0.88" width across tines; Soup Spoon: 6.75" long, 1.88" bowl width; Tea Spoon: 6.12" long, 1.25" bowl width; 45 troy oz. weighable silver total; Table Knife: 10" long, 0.88" blade width.
1298-01.jpg (54683 bytes) 1298-01. 32 Pieces Kirk 'Winslow' consisting of 8 each Luncheon Forks, Luncheon Knives with stainless steel paddle blades, Salad Forks, and Tea Spoons. c.1900-1925. Mono "C". Luncheon Knife: 8.62" long, 0.75" blade width; Luncheon Fork: 7.25" long. 0.88" width across tines; Salad Fork: 6.12" long, 1.0" width across tines; Tea Spoon: 5.88" long, 1.25" bowl width; 26.8 troy oz. weighable. $ 1,000.
1100-10.jpg (49780 bytes) 1100-10. 20 Pieces German Flatware in an art deco pattern consisting of 9 Table Forks and 11 Table Knives with curved steel blades; made by Lazarus Posen of Frankfort am Main, c.1910-1940. Mono "D". Table Knife 10.25" long, 0.75" blade width;  Table Fork: 8.12" long. 1.0" width across tines; 20.3 troy oz. weighable (forks only). $ 400.
1490-65.jpg (63478 bytes) 1490-65. 24 Pieces Reed & Barton 'Francis I' (1907) consisting of 4 each Luncheon Forks, Luncheon Knives (with stainless steel modern blades), Place Spoons, Salad Forks, Tea Spoons, and Cream Soup Spoons. No mono. Luncheon Fork: 7.12" long; Luncheon Knife: 8.88" long; Place Spoon: 6.62" long, Salad Fork: 6" long, Tea Spoon: 5.88" long; Cream Soup Spoon: 5.88" long; 28.3 troy oz. total weighable. $ 840.
1130-31.jpg (53667 bytes) 1130-31. 8 Pairs Silverplate Dessert Forks & Knives with cannon shaped glass handles; designed by Frederick Carder and manufactured by the Steuben Glass Co., these were purchased from their store in New York NY c.1937. No mono. Similar examples are in the Corning Museum of Glass. Dessert Spoon: 7.62" long, 1.5" bowl width; Dessert Fork: 7.75" long, 0.88" width across tines. Handles with scratches. $ 480.
1507-69.jpg (59987 bytes) 1507-69. 18 Pieces Stieff 'Chrysanthemum' consisting of 6 Luncheon Forks, 6 Salad Forks, and 6 Tea Spoons; together with 6 Stieff 'Rose' Luncheon Knives with silverplated steel blades, all c.1905-1920. Assembled set with monograms "B", "M", and "". Luncheon Fork: 7" long, 0.88" width across tines; Salad Fork: 5.88" long, 1.12" width across tines; Tea Spoon: 5.88" long, 1.12" bowl width; 24 troy oz. total weighable; Luncheon Knife: 8.75" long, 0.75" blade width. $ 780.
1472-25.jpg (61443 bytes) 1472-25. 40 Pieces Stieff 'Forget-me-not' (1910) consisting of 8 each Luncheon Forks, Luncheon Knives (with stainless steel blunt blades), Salad Forks, Soup Spoons, and Tea Spoons. Assembled with various monograms and no monograms. Luncheon Knife: 8.75" long, 0.75" blade width; Luncheon Fork: 6.75" long, 0.88" width across tines; Salad Fork: 6" long, 1.12" width across tines; Soup Spoon: 6.88" long, 1.75" bowl width; Tea Spoon: 5.88" long, 1.25" bowl width; 44.7 troy oz. total weighable. $ 1,400.
1490-01.jpg (57559 bytes) 1490-01. 48 Pieces Stieff 'Rose' consisting of 12 each Luncheon Forks, Luncheon Knives (with stainless steel French blades), Salad Forks, and Tea Spoons, c.1950-1975. No mono. Luncheon Knife: 8.75" long, 0.75" blade width; Luncheon Fork: 6.88" long, 0.88" width across tines; Salad Fork: 6" long, 1.12" width across tines; Tea Spoon: 5.88" long, 1.25" bowl width; 48 troy oz. total weighable. $ 1,450.
1490-44.jpg (52298 bytes) 1490-44. 16 Pieces Stieff 'Williamsburg Queen Anne' (1940) consisting of 4 each Dinner Forks, Dinner Knives (with stainless blades), Medium Forks, and Tea Spoons. No mono. Dinner Knife: 10.12" long, 0.75" blade width; Dinner Fork: 7.75" long, 0.88" width across tines; Medium Fork: 6.5" long, 0.75" width across tines; Tea Spoon: 5.75" long, 1.12" bowl width; 17.8 troy oz. total weighable. $ 600.
1336-44.jpg (54979 bytes) 1336-44. 18 Pieces Antique French Flatware in an unidentified 'Jugenstil' pattern consisting of 6 Table Spoons, 6 Table Forks, and 6 Table Knives with highly polished steel paddle blades; made by Vereinigte Silberwaren-Fabriken of Düsseldorf, c.1890-1910. Table Spoon: 8.44" long, 1.75" bowl width, 2.2 troy oz./ea; Table Fork 8.44" long, 0.88" width across tines, 2.0 troy oz./ea; Table Knife 10.38" long, 0.88" blade width. Mono erased. $ 800.
1442-17.jpg (56898 bytes) 1442-17. 18 Pieces Antique German Silvergilt Dessert Flatware in the double struck 'Queens' pattern; the 6 each hollow-handled Knives and Forks struck with maker's mark [GW] and a town mark possibly for Breslau, the Spoons marked at Berlin, c.1800-1830. No mono. Knives: 7.5" long, 0.62" blade width; Forks: 6.88" long, 0.62" width across tines; Spoon: 7" long, 1.38" bowl width; 25.4 troy oz. gross total. $ 700.
1303-34.jpg (61562 bytes) 1303-34. 28 Pieces Wallace 'Figured Shell' (1874): consisting of 6 Table Spoons, 6 Table Forks, 6 Dessert Spoons, 5 Dessert Forks, and 5 Tea Spoons. Mono "LNN" is a replacement on the forks and possibly the smaller spoons; appears to be original to the table spoons. Table Spoon: 8" long, 1.62" bowl width; Table Fork: 7.5" long, 1.0" width across tines; Dessert Spoon: 7.12" long, 1.5" bowl width; Dessert Fork: 7" long. 0.88" width across tines; Tea Spoon: 5.75" long, 1.25" bowl width; 35 troy oz. total. Some wear to tines and bowls. $ 560.
1229-19.jpg (62423 bytes) 1229-19. 25 Pieces Whiting 'Antique Engraved' in an aesthetic style floral and foliage pattern consisting of 6 Table Forks, 6 Dessert Forks, 5 Dessert Spoons, 6 Tea Spoons, and 2 Table Spoons; c.1880-1900. Mono "M". Table Spoon: Table Spoon: 8" long, 1.75" bowl width; Table Fork: 7.5" long, 1" width across tines; Dessert Spoon: 6.75" long. 1.5" bowl width; Dessert Fork: 7" long, 0.88" width across tines; Tea Spoon: 5.62" long, 1.25" bowl width; 24.5 troy oz. total. Some bowl dings. $ 500.
1425-24.jpg (58505 bytes) 1425-24. 29 Pieces Whiting 'Antique Engraved' in an aesthetic style floral and butterfly pattern consisting of 6 Table Spoons, 6 Table Forks, 6 Dessert Forks, and 11 Tea Spoons, c.1880-1890. Mono "S" on back. Table Spoon: 8.25" long, 1.75" bowl width; Table Fork: 7.5" long, 1" width across tines; Dessert Fork: 6.75" long, 0.88" width across tines; Tea Spoon 5.88" long, 1.25" bow width; 41.8 troy oz. total. Several table spoons with slight bowl tip wear. $ 700.
1391-62.jpg (56472 bytes) 1391-62. 36 Pieces Whiting 'Louis XV' (1891) consisting of 12 Dinner Forks, 12 Luncheon Knives, and 12 Tea Spoons. Old English mono "B". Dinner Fork: 7.38" long, 1" width across tines; Luncheon Knife with replacement stainless steel blade: 9.12" long, 0.75" blade width; Tea Spoon 5.75" long, 1.25" bowl width; 31.3 troy oz. total weighable. $ 750.
1512-08.jpg (56911 bytes) 1512-08. 24 Pieces Antique French Flatware assembled in the double struck 'Fiddle Thread' pattern; the 6 Table Spoons and 6 Table Forks marked by <ES>, the 6 Tea Spoons marked by <LL>, and the 6 Table Knives with steel blades and hollow silver handles in an unusual 'Thread' pattern marked by <BL>. All contained in fitted slots within a contemporary box with brass clasps and swing handle, all pieces marked at Paris c.1850-1875. Forks, spoons, and box handle plate engraved with script mono "S.B.L." Table Spoons: 8.38" long, 1.75" bowl width, 2.5 troy oz. each; Table Forks: 8.0" long, 1.12" width across tines, 2.6 troy oz. each; Tea Spoons: 5.5" long, 1.12" bowl width, 0.66 troy oz. each; Table Knives: 10.0" long, 0.88" blade width; Box: 2.5" high, 12.12" long, 10.25" wide. Some wear and a crack to the exterior of the box and some staining to the knife blades (one chipped); otherwise very good. $ 1,100.
1513-23.jpg (54609 bytes) 1513-23. 22 Pieces Assembled Austro-Hungarian Flatware in the double struck 'Fiddle Thread' pattern; consisting of 6 Table Forks, 6 Table Knives, and 1 Dessert Spoon marked by an unknown manufacturer at Vienna c.1890-1922, also 4 Table Spoons and 5 Tea Spoons in a similar pattern marked by the unidentified Hungarian silversmith <OMM>  between 1937-1965. The Vienna flatware has an engraved armorial, the later Hungarian flatware has no engraving. Table Forks: 8.25" long; Table Knives: 10.25" long; Dessert Spoon: 7.12" long; Table Spoons: 8.25" long; Tea Spoons: 6.0" long; 37.5 troy oz. total (not including knives). One knife handle was been  shortened in repair.

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1506-41.jpg (39077 bytes) 1506-41. 10 Pairs Antique French Silver Dessert Knives and Forks with carved and dyed ivory threaded handles, silver caps, blades and tines; marked by the unidentified <C> at Chatellerauult, c.1840-1900. No mono. Knife: 8.25" long, 0.5" blade width; Fork: 7.12" long, 0.5" width across tines. Usual cracks in ivory. SOLD
1372-56.jpg (40594 bytes) 1372-56. 34 Piece Victorian Silverplate Dessert Set with plain mother-of-pearl handles, the close-plated tines and blades stamped with grapevine decoration; made by Creswick & Co. of Sheffield, c.1850-1875. Consists of 18 knives and 16 forks. No mono. Knives: 8.38" long; Forks: 6.88" long. Some pieces with minor plate loss. Box in poor condition; it has two removable trays. $ 350.
1337-24.jpg (40488 bytes) 1337-24. 12 Edward VII Silverplate Fruit Knives with painted porcelain handles; the blades marked by Harrison Bros. & Howson of Sheffield and contained in original green plush gift box labeled by J. C. Grogan of Pittsburgh PA. No mono. 7.75" long. Three handles with small cracks but otherwise no sign of use. These were given as a wedding present to Anna M. Milligan from Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Byers in October 1903. $ 350.
1227-07.jpg (39553 bytes) 1227-07. 18 Piece William IV Silver-Handled Dessert Set in a variant 'Bright Vine' pattern, the close-plated tines and blades stamped with trailing grapevine decoration; marked by Sansom & Harwood at Sheffield in 1834/35. Consists of 9 each knives and forks. No mono. Knives: 8.69" long; Forks: 7.38" long. Some repairs and wear to the flatware. Contained in box that originally held 12 each. $ 450.

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Last updated 22  July 2009