Early 20th Century Complete Twelve Eight - Piece Place Settings Art Nouveau Silverplate Flatware Plus Serving Pieces Boxed Set- Set of 120

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There's normal silverplate flatware sets and then there's this set. Each place setting includes one each: teaspoon, gumbo soup spoon, … Read more There's normal silverplate flatware sets and then there's this set. Each place setting includes one each: teaspoon, gumbo soup spoon, tablespoon, dinner knife, grille knife, grille fork, dinner fork and salad fork. There's an extra twelve teaspoons, five serving spoons, a pierced serving spoon, serving meat fork, flat jelly spoon, sugar spoon, casserole serving spoon, master butter knife and pierced cake server - all housed in a custom silverplate storage box.
The design is a simple art nouveau of slender lily of the valley stems with tiny flower buds peeping out of the stems. It was made by Oneida silver in the early 20th century. This is the most complete set I've ever seen, and it took over a year to compile. See less