Description:
Gorham Old MediciPattern Sterling Silver Flatware Service, Providence, late 19th century, monogrammed, thirty-five dinner knives with hollow handles and steel blades, twenty-seven dinner forks, twenty-four place spoons, twenty-three dessert forks, twenty-two flat dessert knives, eight demitasse spoons, and seven dessert spoons, approx. 197.2 troy oz. weighable silver.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Minor usage wear throughout: slight surface abrasions, several knives with dents to end of hollow handles, decoration slightly rubbed.
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