A Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver flatware service, "Shell & Thread" pattern, circa 1905. Including 12 hollow-handle place knives, 12 place forks, 12 salad forks, 10 place/oval soup spoons, 12 bouillon spoons, 13 flat butter spreaders, 9 pastry forks, 12 tea knives, 12 teaspoons, and 12 demitasse spoons, as well as 1 gravy ladle, 1 cold meat fork, 1 serving fork, 1 serving spoon, and 1 vegetable serving spoon. Each piece is stamped "Tiffany & Co. Sterling, Pat. 1905, C [for Charles T. Cook]", and engraved with a three-letter TMT script monogram on the reverse (except the ladle and cold meat fork are not monogrammed); the stainless blades are etched "Tiffany & Co." Minor wear, light scratches due to use, and serving fork with two bent tines. 4-10 1/8" long. Totaling approximately 147.85 troy oz. weighable. 118 pieces. ESTIMATE $3,000-5,000

Minor wear, light scratches due to use, and serving fork with two bent tines.