A Ninety Piece Hirata & Co. Japanese Silver Flatware Service for Eight, Tokyo, Japan, mid 20th century
Marks: HIRATA & CO., STERLING
8-1/2 inches long (21.6 cm) (dinner knife)
72.55 troy ounces (excluding knives)

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. & MRS. HAROLD EKLUND, DES MOINES, IOWA

The service with reticulated plum blossom decoration to the stems, comprising:
8 dinner forks;
8 butter knives;
8 dinner forks;
8 salad forks;
8 cocktail forks;
8 soup spoons;
8 teaspoons;
8 sorbet spoons;
8 ice tea spoons;
8 demitasse spoons;
1 cold meat serving fork;
1 salad serving set;
2 serving spoons;
1 casserole spoon;
1 gravy ladle;
1 master butter knife;
1 escargot fork;
1 sugar shell.
90 Total.

The lot comes in three fitted cases.

Very light surface wear commensurate with age and indicative of light use; minor wear to the cases.