Impressive (350) Piece Whiting Imperial Queen Sterling Silver Flatware Service

including: (7) old French hollow handle blunt knives (9 1/2 in.); new French hollow handle knife (8 7/8 in.); (10) old French hollow handle blunt knives (8 1/2 in.); (3) French hollow handle blunt knives (8 1/4 in.); (18) forks (7 in.); (13) teaspoons; (18) five o’clock teaspoons; (11) oval soup spoons; (8) round soup spoons; (17)bouillon spoons with gilt bowl; (12) tablespoons; (3) pierced tablespoons; (17) individual ice cream spoons with gilt bowl; (7) orange spoons; (12) ice cream forks with gilt bowl; (10) sugar shell spoons; (4) medium cold meat serving forks; small cold meat serving fork; tea fork; youth fork; (3) olive forks; (13) individual berry forks; (4) two-tine butter picks; twist tine butter pick; (18) oyster forks; (10) old style pickle forks; large chipped beef fork; large cold meat serving fork; plain chipped beef fork; (5) medium chipped beef forks; (4) small chipped beef forks; large pastry fork; small serving fork with ornate drop (6 7/8 in.); small sardine serving fork; medium sardine serving fork; strawberry fork; baked potato fork; long handle olive fork; (2) lettuce forks; (5) demitasse spoons; (3) pierced bon bon spoons; (3) pierced long handle olive spoons; pierced short handle olive spoon; overcup tea strainer; sugar ladle; large confection spoon; cucumber server; berry/casserole spoon; (6) preserve spoons; (2) gravy ladles; (4) cream ladles; jam spoon; large cheese scoop; cheese scoop with gilt wash blade; (2) asparagus servers; (2) oyster ladles; bouillon ladle; pierced Saratoga chips server; large pea server with pierced shell bowl; flat handle cake saw; butter knife pick; flat handle master butter knife(6 5/8 in.); flat handle master butter spreader (6 1/2 in.); (4) flat handle butter spreaders (5 1/8 in.); flat handle butter spreaders (5 5/8 in.); (10) flat handle butter spreaders (4 7/8 in.); (7) small flat handle butter spreaders (4 1/4 in.); flat handle crumb knife; (2) fish slices; large pie knife; (3) salad serving forks, one with gilt bowl; (3) salad serving spoons; large pierced nut serving spoon with gilt bowl; (2)punch ladles, one with gilt bowl; poached egg server; large pair sugar tongs; (2) pairs of sugar tongs; small pair sugar tongs; (2) jelly spoons; master salt spoon; mustard spoon; condiment spoon; pie server; carving fork and knife set; cased set of (12) demitasse spoons. Most with various monograms.
305.00 total weighable troy oz.
Private Collection in Maryland
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Overall collection in good estate condition; some scattered scratches from occasional use; a few teaspoons with small dents to bowl; some light bleed to silverplate knife blades; some hollow handles with small dents; some pieces with rubbing to vermeil; carving set with spotting to blades; some staining to demitasse case.