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Reed Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Flatware #2138371

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Reed Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Flatware #2138371
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Outstanding service for 12 Reed & Barton Francis I pattern Sterling silver flatware including:
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12 Dinner Knifes (New French Blade, Hollow Handle, 9 5/8" length)<BR>
12 Dinner Forks (7 3/4" length)<BR>
12 Round Bowl Soup Spoon (6 1/4" length)<BR>
12 Salad Forks Salad Fork (6 1/8" length)<BR>
12 Pastry Fork (5 1/8" length)<BR>
12 Dessert Spoons (5 15/16" length)<BR>
1 Sugar Shell Spoon (6 1/8" length)
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Total =73 Pieces

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Reed and Barton?s Francis I is an exceptionally rich and extraordinarily beautiful sterling flatware design. This Renaissance-inspired pattern has an ornate, tip-heavy handle that is decorated with voluminous scrollwork, leaves, blossoms, and fruit. The sterling silver bodies of each piece also give the pattern an eye-catching, glittering quality. The pattern can actually be described as fifteen designs in one due to an assortment of flower and fruit arrangements being used across the range of piece types within the pattern. Famed artist and designer Ernest Meyer was employed by Reed and Barton in the creation of Francis I. His goal was to create a pattern that eclipsed the splendid Renaissance-Baroque metalwork of Benvenuto Cellini, court artist and sculptor in the court of King Francis I of France. Because Francis I ascended the French throne in 1515, Meyer ambitiously set to work creating the fifteen ornate designs that would decorate each Francis I piece. In terms of unabashed, ornate opulence, Francis I is unsurpassed and this set would make ...
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#: Mar08_035</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:See Desc.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Cent.</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Reed Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Flatware</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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