A FIFTY-NINE PIECE GORHAM STERLING SILVER "BUTTERCUP" PARTIAL FLATWARE SET, MARKED, 1900 AND LATER, a partial service for twelve with additional pieces, and in traditional "Buttercup" pattern, verso some marked with the maker's marks of a lion, anchor, and G, adjoining "STERLING," beneath the handle stamped with an "E / PATENT 1900," others marked "GORHAM STERLING," and comprising twelve dinner forks, twelve salad forks, twelve hollowware dinner knives, eight teaspoons, four iced teaspoons, two serving spoons, one small condiments spoon, one hollowware butter knife, one small sliced cheese fork, one sugar sifter, one sauce ladle, one cream ladle, one hollowware meat carving fork, one hollowware meat carving knife, one hollowware pastry server, total approximate weight excluding hollowwares: 58.33 troy oz.  Note: A dinner fork with "E / PATENT 1900," (8) weighs: 2.220 oz each, a dinner fork of later date with "GORHAM STERLING," (4) weigh: 2.185 oz.

Each is in good condition with normal rubbed areas, tarnish, and light wear on handles as well as blades. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."