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Lot 4024

Early Samuel Kirk King Coin Silver Flatware Service

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Baltimore, circa 1825, with Dominical "C", Maryland coat-of-arms mark, and "S. Kirk" in a serrated rectangle; (142) pieces to include: (11) dinner knives (9 3/4 in.); (12) luncheon knives (8 3/4 in.); (18) dinner forks (8 1/4 in.); (11) luncheon forks (7 in.); (11) teaspoons (6 in.); (21) oval bowl soup spoons; (12) bouillon spoons; (12) demitasse spoons; (12) flat handle butter spreaders; (20) tablespoons; and (2) serving spoons; most with period "K" monogram to the verso handle.

Box dimensions 9 1/4 x 17 x 11 in.

203.85 total weighable troy oz.

From the Estate of the late Cornelia "Miki" Ellis Jaeger, Cary, North Carolina

General use wear and areas of pitting. Most of the knives, a few luncheon forks, all of the butter spreaders, and all of the demitasse spoons are from a later period.