136 PIECES OF INTERNATIONAL STERLING SERVICE IN THE ROYAL DANISH PATTERN IN TWO CASES ALONG WITH A SIMILAR PATTERN CARVING FORK & KNIFE,1940's. Marked. Comprised of eleven knives, measuring 9 13/16"; eleven knives, measuring 8 7/8"; eight steak knives, 8 1/4"; eleven forks, 7 5/8"; twelve fish forks, 6 3/8"; eighteen teaspoons, 6"; twelve soup spoons, 6 1/2"; seven grapefruit spoons, 5 7/8"; eleven butter spreaders, 5 15/16"; nine ice tea spoons, 7 5/16": one cheese spreader, 7 1/8"; eight oyster forks, 5 1/2"; one pickle fork, 4 5/8"; three ladles measuring 4 3/4", 5 1/2" and 6 3/8" long; two serving spoons, 8 3/8"; one jam spoon, 6 1/2"; one sugar spoon, 5 3/4"; one bon bon spoon, 4 11/16"; one cheese slicer, 8 1/4"; one angel food cake knife, 10 3/8", one bottle opener, 5"; one sugar tong, 4 1/8"; one cake server, 10 3/16"; one serving fork, 9 1/16"; one large serving spoon, 9 3/16"; along with a similar, but not identical pattern, carving set consisting of a carving fork, 9 3/8" and a carving knife, 11" (138 total). - 154.8 ounces & 30 sterling handled pieces. Estimate $3,000-4,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Bennett Boskey, Esq., Bethesda, MD
Some minor scratching and wear to knife handles associated with use. Otherwise, very good.
