An American silver Francis I pattern flatware service, Reed & Barton, Taunton, MA, mid 20th century

unengraved, comprising:
24 dinner knives
24 dinner forks
7 lunch knives
9 lunch forks
2 breakfast knives
12 butter spreaders
34 salad forks
12 cocktail forks
46 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
6 tablespoons
20 soup spoons
10 coffee spoons
26 iced tea spoons
2-piece carving set
2 salad serving forks
1 salad serving spoon
2 cold meat forks
1 serving spoon
2 gravy ladles
1 cheese knife
1 pie server
1 jelly spoon
1 nut server
2 master butter knives
1 butter pick
1 lemon fork
2 sugar spoons
1 sugar tongs
265 pieces. Together with a Reed & Barton Francis First Sterling Silver pamphlet.

one dinner fork with bent tine, overall good condition
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