GORHAM STERLING-HANDLED AND ALBERT COLES COIN SILVER KNIVES, LOT OF 13, comprising a set of 12 cheese knives by Gorham Mfg. Co. of Providence, RI having sterling hollow handles featuring floral decoration and the Virginia state seal with "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS" with steel blades marked for Greenleaf & Crosby Co. of Jacksonville, FL, and a coin silver cake knife/saw by Albert Coles of New York City, NY with an engraved decorated silver blade and a hollow handle housed in a M.W. Galt & Bro. of Washington, DC presentation case. Each with maker's mark, cheese knives with "STERLING" mark to handle. Second half 19th/early 20th century. 8 1/2" and 12 1/8" L.
Provenance: From a private Virginia collection.

Very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including slight bending, dents, nicks, and/or worn spots to raised decoration; presentation case with wear, lid separated from base.