An American Silver Flatware Service, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, late 19th century

Versailles pattern, engraved with various monograms, comprising:
nine dinner knives
twelve dinner forks
thirteen lunch knives
twelve lunch forks
ten cocktail forks
nineteen teaspoons
two tablespoons
ten dessert spoons
thirteen grapefruit spoons
twelve coffee spoons
twelve bouillon spoons
five demitasse spoons
one pastry fork
one pair sugar tongs
one berry spoon with shell bowl
two-piece salad serving set
one sauce ladle
one vegetable fork
136 pieces

some overall wear, as noted re: monograms, lunch knives with handles of two different lengths and blades of three different lengths
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