Sale 51 Lot 475  

139-PIECE TOWLE STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, "Benjamin Franklin" pattern. Service for twelve including: luncheon forks, dinner spoons, soup spoons, salad forks, teaspoons, solid butter knives, oyster forks, demitasse spoons, luncheon knives; eight dinner knives, eight dinner forks, six fruit/orange spoons, six serving spoons, sugar spoon, sauce ladle, serving fork. Monogramed - 145 oz., 4 dwt., weighable silver.
Estimate $2,500-3,000

PROVENANCE:
Estate of Elizabeth Burton, Washington, DC

Dinner knives: 9 3/4 in. long
Dinner forks: 7 3/4 in. long

The blades are of plated metal. There are twelve luncheon forks and knives; there are eight dinner knives and forks. The service is in overall excellent condition - without significant wear, scratches or bent tines/bowls.

Sold for $2,600

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