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The Sinclair Service: An IMPORTANT AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, MARTELÉ, Gorham Mfg. Co., Profidence, RI, 1917
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Code 9534
- Silver
the handles spot-hammered and with flowers and foliage, front of handles with monogram EFS, comprising:
sixteen dinner knives
sixteen dinner forks
sixteen lunch knives
sixteen lunch forks
sixteen fish knives
sixteen fish forks
fifteen fruit knives
seventeen fruit forks
fifteen butter spreaders
sixteen terrapin forks
sixteen salad forks, parcel-gilt
sixteen oyster forks
sixteen ice cream forks, parcel-gilt
sixteen ice cream spoons, parcel-gilt
sixteen teaspoons
sixteen dessert spoons
sixteen tablespoons
sixteen chowder/gumbo spoons
sixteen bouillon spoons
sixteen citrus spoons
sixteen coffee spoons, parcel-gilt
sixteen iced tea spoons
five-piece carving set
one cold meat fork
three pierced serving forks
one serving spoon
one soup ladle
one cream ladle
one ice cream slice
one berry spoon
one sugar tongs
one grape shears
one salt spoon
one olive pick
one lemon fork
one crumber
371 pieces
sixteen dinner knives
sixteen dinner forks
sixteen lunch knives
sixteen lunch forks
sixteen fish knives
sixteen fish forks
fifteen fruit knives
seventeen fruit forks
fifteen butter spreaders
sixteen terrapin forks
sixteen salad forks, parcel-gilt
sixteen oyster forks
sixteen ice cream forks, parcel-gilt
sixteen ice cream spoons, parcel-gilt
sixteen teaspoons
sixteen dessert spoons
sixteen tablespoons
sixteen chowder/gumbo spoons
sixteen bouillon spoons
sixteen citrus spoons
sixteen coffee spoons, parcel-gilt
sixteen iced tea spoons
five-piece carving set
one cold meat fork
three pierced serving forks
one serving spoon
one soup ladle
one cream ladle
one ice cream slice
one berry spoon
one sugar tongs
one grape shears
one salt spoon
one olive pick
one lemon fork
one crumber
371 pieces
Provenance
Harry Ford Sinclair and Elizabeth F. Sinclair, by descent until sold
Christie's, New York, 16 June 1999, lot 1
Christie's, New York, 16 June 1999, lot 1
Catalogue Note
Very little is known about the Sinclair pattern flatware (unnumbered), aside from the fact that it originially comprised approximately 374 pieces and was service for sixteen (see Larry Pristo, Martelé 950-1000 Sterling Gorham's Art Nouveau Silver, 2002 p. 395). This is by far the largest Martelé flatware service produced, and represents an incredible survival.