Gorham "Chantilly" Sterling Silver Flatware Set
the pattern designed in 1895 by William Christmas Codman (1839-1923), Providence, Rhode Island, including eight ten-piece place settings (four pieces lacking) with an additional forty-eight place pieces and seventeen serving/table pieces, presented in a fitted, tarnish-resistant cloth-lined wood case with lift top and single drawer, 6-1/4" x 14-3/4" x 11-1/4", forty-five pieces variously monogrammed.
(141 pieces total plus case)
119.44 total t. oz. (weighable silver)

Provenance: Estate of Marie Bel Fay Evnochides, Houston, Texas.

Proceeds from the sale of this lot will go to benefit the Fay School in Houston, Texas, and the Marie Bel Fay Fund.

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