On Sale GORHAM STERLING SILVER 160 Piece Silverware Set Paris Pattern Art Nouveau Circa 1901 Place Setting For 12 & Carving Set Appraisal In by vintagesouthwest
8 820,00 USD
LAYAWAY AVAILABLE FOR THIS PRODUCT … INQUIRE IF INTERESTED IN LAYAWAY … BREATHTAKING !!! -SENSATIONAL !!! – RARE GORHAM STERLING SILVER!!! 160 PIECE SET OF FLATWARE WITH A LOCATION SETTING FOR 12 … THE PATTERN IS & quot; & quot; PARIS & quot; AND WAS DONE IN 1900-1 WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS A SPECIAL MADE TO ORDER AND ONLY OBTAINABLE BY THE MORE UPSCALE … THESE ARE MONOGRAMMED WITH AQ BUT VERY ELEGANT YOU TRULY DO NOT SEE IT AS A MONOGRAM PER SE … THESE WERE ONLY OFFERED WITH MONOGRAM AT THE TIME AS AGAIN THEY WERE MADE TO ORDER.
THESE ARE PHENOMENAL ART NOUVEAU PERIOD PIECES WITH AN CLASSY ART NOUVEAU CHERUB SCENE TO EACH PIECE … THEY ARE ALL SIGNIFICANT STERLING AND/ OR THE GORHAM STERLING HALLMARKS … SOME OF THE TRADEMARKS ARE WORN BUT THEY ALL ARE MARKED PIECES … THESE ARE STERLING NOT PLATED … DINNER & LUNCH KNIFE CUTTING EDGES/ BLADES AND SCULPTING SET HAVE STEEL/ MIXED METALS BUT THE HANDLES ARE STERLING … BUTTER KNIVES AND CAKE KNIFE ARE ALL STERLING AS ARE ALL THE FORKS, ALL THE SPOON PRODUCTS, THE BUTTER SELECTS, SERVING SPOONS AND VARIOUS LADLE, SARDINE FORK ECT… WEIGHTS INCL BELOW.
THIS SET HAS A LICENSED APPRAISAL IN A BOUND BOOKLET WITH PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE PIECES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH PIECE DESCRIBED IN THIS PARIS PATTERN … AT THE TIME OF APPRAISAL IN 1993 IT WAS VALUED AT $ 21,768 … CONSIDER IN 1993 SILVER PRICE WAS LESS THAN $ 5./ TROY OZ.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 6486.37 GRAMS OF STERLING SIMPLY IN THE PIECES THAT ARE ALL STERLING AND ANOTHER 2313.32 GRAMS IN THE KNIVES AND CARVING PIECES WHICH AGAIN ARE STERLING HANDLES WITH BLADES OF PLATED METAL/ STEEL & STEEL BLADE FOR THE SHARPENER ECT … TOTAL WEIGHT AS CLOSE AS I CAN GET IT WEIGHED IS 8799.69 GRAMS OR 282.9184 TROY OZ WHICH AGAIN CONSISTS OF THE KNIFE BLADES ECT. THAT ARE NOT STERLING.
THIS IS An EXCEPTIONAL SET THAT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE AN OUTSTANDING GIFT OR MEMENTO FOR INTRINSIC VALUE … YOU WILL CERTAINLY NOT DISCOVER MANY SETS THAT INCLUDE A LOT OF PIECES IN THIS PATTERN … SIMILAR THAT I HAVE SITUATED ARE CLOSER TO THE EVALUATED VALUE OF $ 20,000 …
CONDITIONS:::::::: FOR THE AGE THEY ARE IN WONDERFUL CONDITION … AS YOU CAN SEE THE KNIFE BLADES HAVE AGED AND PLATING HAS COME OFF TO VARIOUS DEGREES … I THINK YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE THE MAJORITY OF FIRED UP TO HAVE THIS SET– REMARKABLE THAT NUMEROUS PIECES REMAINED TOGETHER As Long.
CONTENTS:::::::: RIGHT HERE ARE THE PIECES A COUPLE HAVE LESS THAN 12. WITH 1 MORE THAN 12.
1 … DINNER KNIVES QTY OF 12
2 … LUNCH KNIVES QTY OF 11
3 … DINNER FORKS QTY OF 12
4 … LUNCH FORKS QYT OF 12
5 … DEMITASSE SPOONS QTY OF 12
6 … LARGE SERVING/ DESSERT SPOONS QTY OF 6
7 … BUTTER SPREADERS QTY OF 12
9 … TEASPOONS QTY OF 18
9 … CONSOMME SPOONS QTY OF 12
10. SOUP SPOON QTY OF 12
11. COCTAIL FORKS QTY OF 11
12. SALAD FORKS QTY OF 12
13. BUTTER PICKS QTY OF 10
14. SCULPTING SET WITH STEEL QTY OF 3
15. CAKE KNIFE QTY OF 1
16. GRAVY LADLE QTY OF 1
17. CHEESE SCOOP QTY OF 1
18. SARDINE FORK QTY OF 2 OR 1 SARDINE AND 1 OLIVE/ OTHER
TOTAL PIECES 160
SHIPPING:::::::::::: THESE WILL BE SHIPPED INSURED AND SIGNATURE WILL BE REQUIRED AND CONTACT PHONE # MUST BE OFFERED SO I CAN OFFER TO THE SHIPPING BUSINESS … ETSY WILL CERTAINLY SEND SHIPPING VERIFICATION THAT WILL INCLUDE TRACKING INFO.
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