An extensive American silver Chrysanthemum pattern flatware service, Tiffany & Co., New York, Circa 1890

handles monogrammed CMB, some pieces parcel-gilt (pg), comprising:
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
24 lunch knives
24 lunch forks
12 fish knives
12 fish forks
12 dessert forks (pg)
12 fruit knives (pg)
11 butter spreaders
12 oyster forks
10 teaspoons
12 dessert spoons
4 tablespoons
12 soup spoons
12 coffee spoons (pg)
12 ice cream spoons (pg)
12 sorbet spoons (pg)
4 salt spoons (pg)
2-piece fish serving set
2-piece salad serving set (pg)
2 serving spoons
1 asparagus tongs
1 punch ladle
1 gravy ladle
1 cream ladle (pg)
2 mustard ladles (small and large) (pg)
1 pastry server (pg)
1 ice cream slice (pg)
1 berry spoon (pg)
1 jelly spoon (pg)
1 preserve spoon (pg)
2 master butter knives
2 butter picks
1 olive fork (pg)
1 olive spoon (pg)
1 sugar spoon (pg)
1 sugar sifter (pg)
246 pieces, in original fitted Tiffany Vermilion mahogany case. Together with another tablespoon by Wallace.

Sotheby's New York, January 21, 2005, lot 329

1 butter knife with disposal damage to blade; dinner knives with blades starting to rust at edges; missing 1 butter spreader, 2 teaspoons, and 1 gap in case- appears to have been for sugar tongs
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