A Russian silver flatware service, Bolin, Moscow, circa 1900

unengraved, comprising:
23 dinner knives
19 dinner forks
10 lunch knives
7 lunch forks
12 fish knives
10 fish forks
7 fruit knives
9 fruit forks
4 teaspoons
7 dessert spoons
11 tablespoons
5 demitasse spoons
10 ice cream spoons
10 sorbet spoons
2 fish servers
2 salad servers
3 spatulas, in sizes
1 small serving spoon
1 asparagus server
2 gravy ladles
2 cheese knives
1 bread fork
1 master butter knife
1 anchovy server
1 sugar sifter
161 pieces, in a fitted brass-mounted and inlaid mahogany case on stand

Sotheby's New York, November 2, 2009, lot 136

dinner and lunch knives with blades slightly separating from handles but still tight; several of the hollow handled pieces with some shallow dents to tips of handles; the case with wear- interior lining soiled and worn, wood with some cracks
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