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Lot 94

137 Pc. Set Gorham Buttercup Sterling Flatware plus 17 other pcs.

Estimate: $5,000 - $5,500
Starting Bid
$2,500

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One hundred thirty-seven (137) pcs. Gorham Buttercup pattern sterling silver flatware consisting of 18 knives (8 1/2 in. L), 23 dinner forks (7 in. L), 1 extra-large dinner fork (7 3/4 in.), 13 salad/dessert forks, 12 iced tea spoons, 12 round bowl soup spoons, 6 dessert spoons, 20 teaspoons, 12 table/serving spoons, 10 flat handle butter spreaders, 1 carving fork, 1 gumbo soup spoon, 1 cake breaker, 1 cold meat fork, 1 condiment ladle, 1 cream ladle, 1 sugar spoon, 1 large casserole spoon, 1 large serving fork, and 1 five o'clock spoon. 145.97 weighable troy ounces. The set also includes 8 silverplated Gorham Buttercup pattern flatware pieces (6 teaspoons, 1 dinner knife, and 1 carving knife), plus 5 Reed & Barton silverplated cocktail forks, 3 Gorham Cambridge sterling teaspoons and 1 Gorham Cambridge dinner fork (3.12 troy ounces). Combined weighable sterling: 149.09 oz troy.

Condition

1 sterling teaspoon in the Gorham Buttercup pattern with damage to the bowl. 2 of the Gorham Cambridge sterling spoons with damage to the bowl. All remaining items in overall good condition. Some pieces monogrammed.

Provenance

Private Kentucky estate.

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