An American silver flatware service, Shreve & Co., San Francisco, early 20th century

Winchester pattern, most unengraved, comprising twelve dinner knives, one in a different pattern, ten dinner forks, twelve lunch forks, twelve salad forks, ten cocktail forks, initialed J, twelve butter spreaders, initialed J, twenty teaspoons, eight bouillon spoons, eight iced tea spoons, four tablespoons, and one serving fork.  Together with the following, in Gorham Old English Tipt pattern, circa 1870: thirteen dinner forks, fourteen lunch forks, fifteen butter spreaders, three serving forks, two tablespoons, one Wm Bailey, Philadelphia, c. 1840. 156 pieces, partly contained in a wood box.

scratches from use to Shreve set, as noted re: odd pieces, otherwise good
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