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Description

A One Hundred and Six-Piece Gorham Mfg. Co. Sovereign Old Pattern Silver Partial Flatware Service for Twelve, Providence, Rhode Island, designed 1941
Marks: (lion-anchor-G), GORHAM, STERLING, PAT., SOVEREIGN
9-1/2 inches (24.1 cm) (largest, dinner knife)
4000 grams (128.60 troy ounces) (weighable)

The service comprising:
12 dinner knives;
7 luncheon knives;
6 butter spreaders;
13 dinner forks;
6 luncheon forks;
18 salad forks;
6 dessert oval spoons;
12 round soup spoons;
18 teaspoons;
6 demitasse spoons, with monogram H;
1 medium cold meat serving fork;
1 gravy ladle.
106 Total



Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

Condition Report*: The service presents very well, with a small push to a dinner knife's terminal (not entirely visible unless inspecting closely); two dinner forks with tines slightly bent; one salad fork with a very small nick to a tine's edge; two teaspoons with a small push to bowl and a third with a minute push to bowl's tip as expected, and otherwise in good condition, with light surface wear consistent with age, gentle use, and handling.
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Auction Info

Bidding Begins Approx.
May
1st Friday
Auction Dates
May
22nd Friday
Proxy Bidding Begins Approx. 
99 Days
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: N/A
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
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