213-PIECE TIFFANY STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE,"Shell and Thread" pattern; patented 1905. Service for twelve including: dinner knives, dinner forks, entrée knives, entrée forks, soup spoons, salad forks, bouillon spoons, dessert spoons, fruit/orange spoons, grapefruit spoons, ice cream forks, oyster forks, teaspoons, coffee spoons, butter spreaders; six fruit knives, six place spoons, six nut picks, six additional teaspoons, three-piece child's set, asparagus server, tomato server, meat fork, cake server, sauce ladle, small spoon. Most pieces with original flannel wraps with Tiffany cloth labels; "NNM" monogram - approx. 289 oz., weighable silver. Estimate $10,000-15,000
Pieces are monogrammed. No monos have been removed or re-engraved. Most have NMW monogram.
The knives have original Tiffany blades. There are no loose bolsters. Most blades have faintusage scratches. There is one butter spreader with a slightly bent tip.
Two oyster forks have a slightly bent middle tine. One entree fork with a pit mark on the neck. One ice cream fork with a pit mark on the bowl. The back side of the salad forks have minor wear to gilding from use.
One place spoon with a pit mark on terminal, one with pitting on the bowl. One soup spoon with a pit mark on the bowl, one with pitting on the front and back of terminal. Some grapefruit spoons with minor wear to gilt bowls from use. One bouillon spoon with a pit mark on rim of bowl, one with pit mark on back of bowl. Three teaspoons with pitting on bowls. The coffee spoons have minor wear to gilt bowls from use. There are no splits or repairs.
The cake server has a sterling blade. The soup spoon is 7 1/2 in. long. The table spoons are large and can function as serving spoons.
