An Assembled Silver Flatware Service
all of an identical pattern, each monogrammed 'W.W.C.' on handle; three different makers, comprising:
Ritter and Son, Baltimore, Maryland, 1900-1915, retailed by Galt and Bro., stamped 'STERLING':
3 dinner knives
7 dinner forks
16 dessert forks
38 ozt 12 dwt weighable
stamped with '.800' standard and with an unidentified Continental maker's mark:
5 table spoons
2 dinner forks
3 place spoons
5 butter spreaders
6 dessert forks
35 ozt 14 dwt
Villard, some items stamped with French import mark for '.800' :
9 dinner knives
9 dinner forks
7 dessert forks
1 place spoon
11 tea spoons
1 table spoon
35 ozt 9 dwt weighable
unmarked items:
7 butter spreaders
1 place spoon
6 dessert forks
20 ozt 8 dwt
99 items total
Length of dinner knife 9 1/2 inches.
Property from the American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
Provenance:
Collection of William Wilson Corcoran (American, 1798-1888)
Corcoran Gallery of Art
