A sterling silver flatware service for eighteen in the "Indian Chrysanthemum" pattern, Tiffany &

A sterling silver flatware service for eighteen in the "Indian Chrysanthemum" pattern, Tiffany & Co., New York, NY, circa 1880

Comprising eighteen dinner knives (some with blades marked Joseph Rodgers & Sons/ Cutlers to Her Majesty), eighteen luncheon knives (some with slightly varying blade lengths), eighteen fish eating knives, twelve game knives, eleven butter spread knives, eighteen dinner forks, seventeen salad forks, eighteen fish forks, eighteen oyster forks (with gilt-washed tips), twelve game forks, eighteen large tablespoons, eighteen small tablespoons, seventeen teaspoons, and seventeen gilt-washed coffee / demitasse spoons; most bearing engraved crest in the form of a bird holding branch in its beak, all marked, including “M” mark for Edward C. Moore (1869-1891); together with a set of twelve sterling silver butter spread knives by R.W. & Co., retailed by Bailey Banks & Biddle, marked. (224 items total).

L: 10 ½ in. (longest), Total weight: 318.4 oz. t. (weighable silver)