Gorham Imperial Chrysanthemum Partial Flatware Service

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Gorham "Imperial Chrysanthemum" Partial Flatware Service, Providence, early 20th century, comprising eight each of: dinner forks, luncheon forks, teaspoons, and butter spreaders, ten dinner knives, twelve ice cream forks, twelve citrus spoons, four coffee spoons, an olive spoon, sugar tongs, gravy ladle, and tomato server, together with a Wallace salad fork, monogrammed, (75 pieces),approx. 73 troy oz., excluding the knives, lg. to 9 5/8 in. Provenance: The estate of Bettie Broyhill Gortner, trustee of Converse College, Salem Academy, and Blowing Rock Hospital, and daughter of J.E. Broyhill, founder of Broyhill Furniture Industries.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

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