Description:
Assembled Austrian .800 Silver Flatware Service, Vienna, most: 1872-1922, maker's mark "HS," some post-1925, Alexander Sturm, maker, thirteen luncheon forks, twelve each: hollow dinner knives, place spoons, dinner forks, fish knives, fish forks, teaspoons, fruit forks, and hollow fruit knives, eleven each dessert spoons and hollow luncheon knives, ten demitasse spoons, four salt cellars (three with glass liners),three salt spoons, a soup ladle, gravy ladle, serving spoon, and a small pastry server, together with five associated silver items: four demitasse spoons and a pierced serving spoon, and a silver-plate fish slice, approx. 199.4 troy oz. total weighable silver in three fitted trays.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
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Stuart Slavid
Senior Vice President
Director of Fine Ceramics
Director of Fine Silver
Director of European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Emily Stegner
Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Stephanie Opolski
Appraiser
508-970-3000
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.