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2023 Summer Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1)

Sat, Jul 8, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 61

Towle Ben Franklin Sterling Silver Flatware, 124 pcs. Total

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,200
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123 pieces of Towle Ben Franklin pattern sterling silver flatware, including sixteen (16) new French knives (8 7/8" L); fifteen (15) forks (7 1/8" L); thirteen (13) salad forks (6 3/8" L); eleven (11) slightly newer salad forks (6 3/8" L), monogrammed GRL; twenty-three (23) teaspoons (6" L); three (3) dessert or oval spoons; two (2) tablespoons; one (1) pierced tablespoon; twelve (12) iced tea spoons; seven (7) ice cream forks; one (1) sugar spoon; two (2) salt spoons; two (2) pierced tomato servers; one (1) gravy ladle; one (1) slightly newer gravy ladle, monogrammed KMJ; two (2) small cold meat serving forks; one (1) berry fork; one (1) asparagus server; two (2) pie or cake servers; two (2) master butter knives; one (1) butter spreader; and four (4) fruit knives. Also includes one (1) lettuce fork by H.H. Curtis & Co. in a similar pattern. Ten new French knives and both master butter knives unmarked, but handles XRF test sterling. All other items stamped with maker's mark and Sterling. 134.74 total weighable troy ounces.

Condition

All items with minute scattered use wear. 11 salad knives and 1 gravy ladle monogrammed.

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