Description:
Reed & Barton La MarquisePattern Gold-washed and Polychrome-enameledSterling Silver Flatware Service, Taunton, Massachusetts, late 19th/early 20th century, twelve each: hollow dinner and luncheon knives, dinner and luncheon forks, dinner and luncheon spoons, and teaspoons, all monogrammed, in original brass-mounted oak case, approx. 106.8 troy oz. weighable silver.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
All with usage wear, loss to enameling. Forks and knives with more scattered loss to enameling, spoons with only very minor loss. Knives and forks also with some rubbing to gold-wash on blades and tines.
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