An American Silver and Mixed-metal Flatware Service, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1880

the spot-hammered handles applied with copper and "Japanese gold" birds, fish, crabs, insects, cherries, Japanese figures and foliage, all engraved with monogram COB, comprising:
sixteen dinner knives
sixteen dinner forks
sixteen lunch knives
sixteen lunch forks
sixteen teaspoons, parcel-gilt
sixteen coffee spoons, parcel-gilt
three-piece large carving set
two-piece small carving set
one ice cream slice
102 pieces

Sen. Calvin S. Brice and Catherine Olivia Meily Brice, Ohio

Calvin Brice (1845-1898) was born in 1845 in Denmark, Ohio to William Kilpatrick Brice, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Elizabeth Stewart.  He received his undergraduate education from Miami University, before attending the University of Michigan, where he earned his law degree.  In 1870 he married Catherine Olivia Meily.  Brice worked briefly as a private attorney before joining the Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad law department.   With the support of Ohio Governor Charles Foster he was able to both guide the railroad through the Panic of 1873 and expand its coverage.  In 1887 Brice was named president of the company, which by then had been renamed the Lake Erie and Western Railroad.  Brice first entered politics in 1876 as an electoral candidate for Samuel J. Tilden, and in 1884 worked on the campaign of President Grover Cleveland.  From 1889 to 1892 he served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.  Brice was a United States Senator for Ohio from 1891-97.