- BRAND : Gorham
- PATTERN : Versailles
- COMPOSITION : Sterling Silver
- TYPE : Flatware - Sets
- STYLE : Baroque & Rococo
- FEATURED REFINEMENTS : Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12
- MAKER : Gorham
- AGE : 1850-1899
The Versailles pattern was created by the French sculptor, Antoine Heller, who was inspired by the murals in the Palace of Versailles. It is a multi-motif pattern from 1888 and each piece of this pattern is decorated with a finely detailed figural theme from the Versailles Palace.
Monumental dinner luncheon size multi-motif Versailles by Gorham sterling silver flatware set in huge original vintage fitted chest - 216 pieces. This set includes:12 Dinner Size Knives w/blunt plated blades, 9 7/8"12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 3/4"12 Luncheon Knives w/blunt plated blades, 8 5/8" 12 Luncheon/Dessert Forks, 6 3/4"12 Salad Forks, pierced gold-washed, 6"12 Cocktail Forks, 5 3/4"12 Demitasse Spoons, gold-washed, 4 3/8"12 Fruit Knives, hollow handle w/plated blades, 7 3/8"12 Fish Knives, flat handle all-sterling, 8"12 Fish Forks, 6 5/8"12 Gumbo Soup Spoons, 7"12 Grapefruit Spoons, gold-washed, 5 3/4"12 Ice Cream Spoons, gold-washed, 5 1/4"12 Strawberry Forks, 4 5/8"2 Gravy Ladles, 7"1 Cold Meat Fork, unusual, 8 3/8"1 Sugar Spoon, gold-washed, 6 1/8"1 Flat Handle Master Butter, 7 3/4"1 Salad Set, gold-washed, pierced, long, 10 1/2"1 Pie Server, flat handle all-sterling, 9"1 Sauce Ladle, gold-washed, 5 3/4"1 Nut Spoon, gold-washed, 5 3/4"1 Carving Set, 5-pcs, 14" - 8 1/2" Includes Roast Hone, Roast Knife, Roast Fork, Steak Carving Knife, Steak Carving Fork (some wear as expected to carbon steel blades/tines, as shown)1 Stuffing Spoon w/button, 12 3/4"1 Pea Spoon, 8 1/2"1 Fried Oyster Server, 9 1/4"1 Crumber, 11 1/2"1 Fish Server, 11 1/2"1 Fish Serving Fork, pierced, 8 3/4"1 Cheese Scoop, 7 3/4"1 Ice Tong, one side with claw and the other with pierced bowl, 6 1/2"1 Lettuce Fork, 9 1/8"1 Punch Ladle w/spouts, gold-washed, 12 1/4"1 Soup Ladle, gold-washed, 12 1/8"1 Macaroni Server, 8 1/2"1 Cake Saw, flat handle all-sterling, 10"1 Ice Cream Slice, flat handle all-sterling, gold-washed, 0 3/8"1 Ice Spoon, 8 3/4"1 Bon Bon/Nut Spoon, light gold-wash, 4 3/4"1 Pudding Spoon, gold-washed, 8 3/4"1 Sugar Sifter Ladle, gold-washed, 6 3/4"1 Berry Spoon, gold-washed, 8 3/4"1 Sugar Tong, 5 3/4"2 Preserve Spoons, gold-washed, 7 1/4"1 Ice Cream Server, 9 1/4"1 Pickle/Pastry Fork, 3-tine, 5 3/4"1 Waffle Server, 8 1/4"1 Beef Fork w/splayed tines, 6 1/2"1 Hooded Asparagus Server, hollow handle all-sterling, 9 1/4"1 Mustard Ladle, 4 7/8"1 Vegetable Serving Fork, pierced, 8 5/8"2 Master Salt Spoons, 3 1/2"
Includes rare large original fitted storage chest - some imperfections as expected with age (chest as-is).The flatware is in excellent condition, with mostly matching monograms. This set will be lightly polished prior to
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