Description

Calling all flatware fanatics, prop stylists, and mixed-media artists: this jaw-dropping lot of 150-plus pieces of silver plate and silver-tone flatware is the mother lode you have been hunting for. The collection spans easily a century of American and European tableware tradition, featuring dinner forks, salad forks, cocktail forks, oyster forks, demitasse spoons, teaspoons, tablespoons, serving spoons, butter spreaders, dinner knives, fruit knives, cake servers, sugar shells, and specialty serving pieces in an enormous variety of patterns and sizes. Standout pieces include an ornate rococo-style large serving spoon with heavy repoussé scrollwork, a pierced and engraved cake server, a figural handle knife with a bone or celluloid grip, a child's spoon with a ceramic Donald Duck handle, a shell-bowl sugar spoon, souvenir spoons with engraved scenes and place names, a two-tine cocktail fork with gilded bowl, pieces with Art Nouveau floral handles, pieces marked with maker stamps such as Oneida and Community Plate visible on select items, and numerous items showing beautiful aged patina and tarnish consistent with authentic age. Condition ranges from display-ready with light tarnish to well-loved with heavier oxidation, making this lot ideal for upcycled jewelry crafting, tablescape styling, restaurant decor, theater props, or the dedicated collector building an eclectic flatware collection that tells a story with every place setting.

Condition

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Measurement

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