A Gorham "Versailles" sterling silver flatware service
Late 19th century
Each marked for Gorham and sterling
Designed 1888 by F. Antoine Heller, comprising 8 hollow-handled Old French dinner knives (9.625"), 5 hollow-handled Old French place knives (8.75"), 3 hollow-handled New French place knives (9.375"), 8 butter spreaders (5.75"), 1 master butter knife (6.625"), 9 dinner forks (7.75"), 11 luncheon forks (6.75"), 8 Old Style salad forks (6.75"), 8 oyster forks (5.875"), 8 small ice cream forks (4.875"), 10 teaspoons (6"), 8 five o'clock spoons (5.125"), 8 oval soup/dessert spoons (7.125"), 8 gumbo spoons (6.75"), 8 bouillon spoons (5"), 1 table/serving spoon (8.5"), 1 pierced table/serving spoon (8.5"), 1 large jelly spoon (7.25"), 1 jelly server (6.25"), 1 sugar spoon (6.125"), 1 sugar shell spoon (6.125"), 1 sugar tongs (4"), 1 gravy ladle (6.75"), 1 cream ladle (5.75"), 1 medium cold meat serving fork (8.125"), 1 hollow-handled pie server (10.125"), 1 hollow-handled carving knife (10"), and 1 hollow-handled carving fork (8.75"), 124 pieces
Weighable sterling: 141.925 oz. troy approximately

Overall good condition with tarnishing and light scratches commensurate with age. Weight does not include hollow-handled items. Accompanied by storage case. Three soup/dessert spoons with bent handles. Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.