Sale 34 Lot 365  

63-PIECE FRENCH SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, late 19th century, 950 silver standard, HS maker's mark. Including: eight dinner spoons, twelve soup spoons, 16 dinner forks, eight dessert forks, 16 dinner knives, three dessert knives. Monogrammed - 99 oz., 8dwt., weighable silver.
Estimate $1,000-1,200

The flatware weighs 99 oz., 8 dwt. Each piece has the stamped Minerva.
The measurements include:
dinner spoon - 8 3/4 in.
soup spoon - 71/2 in.
dinner fork - 81/2 in.
dessert fork - 7 1/4 in.
dinner knife - 10 1/4 in.
dessert knife - 8 in.

Condition: No monograms have been removed. Each piece has a monogram on the underside of the handle. Two of the dessert forks have bent tines. One of the soup spoons has a nick on the handle. One of the dessert knives has a bent blade. All of the blades on the dinner knives are rusted, five have either rusted or missing bolsters.

Sold for $1,300

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