Fine Arts "Southern Colonial" Sterling Flatware Set with Chest, Mid-Century
Item Details
An eighty-six piece set of sterling silver flatware in the Southern Colonial pattern by Fine Arts, first introduced in 1945. The flatware features gadrooning scroll motif handles with shell terminals, most of which are marked ‘Fine Arts Sterling – Southern Colonial’ to their undersides. These pieces are presented with a sterling handled carving set by Fritz Voos and a silver plate fork and spoon by Holmes & Edwards in a mahogany silverware chest with Pacific Silvercloth anti-tarnish lining. The sterling flatware and serving utensils, excluding the hollow handled pieces, have a total approximate weight of 76.454 ozt.
| Items Included | 5 Butter Spreaders, 1 Cake and Pie Server, 1 Sterling Handle Carving Fork, 12 Dinner Forks, 1 Carving Knife, 1 Master Butter Knife, 12 Salad Forks, 1 Carving Fork, 1 Sugar Spoon, 12 Soup Spoons, 1 Salad Fork, 1 Silverware Chest, 17 Teaspoons, 1 Salad Spoon, 6 Demitasse Spoons, 1 Silver Plate Casserole Spoon, 2 Lemon Forks, 1 Silver Plate Serving Fork, 12 Dinner Knives, 1 Serving Fork, 1 Sterling Handle Carving Knife |
| Brand | Fine Arts, Holmes & Edwards (Silver Plate Spoon and Fork), Fritz Voos (Sterling Carving Set), Mahogany Association, Inc. (Chest) |
| Materials | Silver Plate, Stainless Steel, Wood, Mahogany, Sterling Silver |
| Marks | Maker’s Mark, Fineness Mark, Pattern |
| Period | Mid-20th Century |
| Origin | United States |
| Pattern | Southern Colonial (Fine Arts) |
| Weighted | Yes |
| Approximate Weight (ozt.) | 76.454 |
| Number of Items | 91 |
Condition
- light surface scratches, scuffs, and tarnish throughout; scratches, scuffs, nicks, edge wear, and staining to chest; tarnishing of brass hardware on chest; discoloration of labeling on chest.
Dimensions
- measures the chest; the total approximate weight, excluding the hollow handle and plated pieces, is 76.454 ozt.
Item #
18BOS281-068
