Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Flatware for 12
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Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Flatware for 12 in a Japonaise style case. Set includes twelve each of the following: dinner knives, butter pats, soups, teaspoons, oyster forks, salad forks, dinner forks plus 6 demitasse spoons, 3 tablespoons, 1 slotted tablespoon, 1 ladle, 1 serving fork, 2 scoops, 1 hors fork, 99 pcs total plus case and a Francis I silverplate server and cake knife. Knives and silverplate not weighed, 118 troy ounces total.
Dimensions: typical, case 15x12x10
Property Title: From the Estate of Barbara Farnsworth of West Cornwall, CT. She was the life partner of the late Harry L. Colley II. Barbara was born on June 18th 1934 in New York City, the daughter of the late William and Margaret (Leczer) Blaha. Barbara graduated from Middlebury College in 1955 and worked as an oil and gas researcher at McGraw Hill. She married Clyde H. Farnsworth on September 3, 1956. They moved to Europe in 1963 where Clyde was a New York Times foreign correspondent in London, Brussels and Paris, and Barbara worked as a correspondent for the Economist magazine. In 1978, Barbara returned to the United States and acquired Martin Gold's book shop in West Cornwall. Over the next 40 years, as a member of ABAA, she grew the business into one of the most respected antiquarian bookstores in America.
(BFAR3005/102) (TC)
Dimensions: typical, case 15x12x10
Property Title: From the Estate of Barbara Farnsworth of West Cornwall, CT. She was the life partner of the late Harry L. Colley II. Barbara was born on June 18th 1934 in New York City, the daughter of the late William and Margaret (Leczer) Blaha. Barbara graduated from Middlebury College in 1955 and worked as an oil and gas researcher at McGraw Hill. She married Clyde H. Farnsworth on September 3, 1956. They moved to Europe in 1963 where Clyde was a New York Times foreign correspondent in London, Brussels and Paris, and Barbara worked as a correspondent for the Economist magazine. In 1978, Barbara returned to the United States and acquired Martin Gold's book shop in West Cornwall. Over the next 40 years, as a member of ABAA, she grew the business into one of the most respected antiquarian bookstores in America.
(BFAR3005/102) (TC)
Condition
not monogrammed, one pat with chewed tip, others all ok with minor light tarnish
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Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Flatware for 12
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
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