Antique Tiffany&co Sterling Silver Plate&gold English King 8 Place Flatware Set

WELCOME TO MY PRIVATE MUSEUM! FINE & UNIQUE ITEMS HAND SELECTED FOR THEIR RARITY & QUALITY. A TRULY FANTASTIC ORIGINAL 24 PIECE SET SERVICE FOR EIGHT!

YOU MAY VIEW ALL OF MY LISTINGS BY SIMPLY CLICKING; "VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS"! BY THE WAY, I HAPPILY OFFER LAY-A-WAY WITH A NON-REFUNDABLE 20% DEPOSIT AND THE BALANCE DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS! THIS SENSATIONAL SET OF TWENTY FOUR (24) PIECES WAS CREATED WELL OVER A CENTURY AGO AND REMAINS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS IT HAS BEEN USED RARELY, BY MY GRANDMOTHER AND ONLY ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS. I JUST CELEBRATED MY 87TH BIRTHDAY AND MY GRAN PASSED AWAY ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AGO. THIS UNUSUAL TIFFANY SERVICE FOR EIGHT HAS BEEN KEPT STORED AWAY EVER SINCE.

IT IS IN VERY PRESENTABLE ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH EVEN THE BEAUTIFUL YELLOW GOLD (VERMEIL) GILT ON THE INTERIOR OF THE SPOON BOWLS, KNIFE BLADES AND FORK TINES RETAINING MOST OF ITS LUSTROUS GOLDEN COLOR WITH ONLY SLIGHT WEAR. THE HANDLES ALSO RETAIN A NOTABLE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL YELLOW GOLD GILT WITH ONLY TYPICAL WEAR TO THE HIGH POINTS OF THE DESIGN. KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT JUST FLASH PLATED LIKE SO MUCH NEWLY MADE SILVER PLATED WARES SIMPLY BECAUSE SILVER COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED BUT INSTEAD THIS WAS CRAFTED IN HEAVY STERLING SILVER ELECTRO-PLATE AND BEING MADE BY THE MOST IMPORTANT SILVER MAKERS OF ALL TIME; TIFFANY & CO CERTAINLY IS AN IDEAL INDICATION OF SUPERLATIVE QUALITY, UNLIKE SO MANY OLD SILVER PLATED SETS WITH THEIR BASE METAL BLEEDING THROUGH THE SILVERED SURFACE. THIS IS OUTSTANDING, HAVING BEEN CRAFTED NEARING 150 YEARS AGO, WHEN SILVER WAS MERELY A DOLLAR AN OUNCE. 140 YEARS AGO, THE LOW COST OF SILVER PERMITTED THE AMPLE USE OF THICK STERLING SILVER BEING APPLIED ON THESE EARLY TIFFANY PLATED PIECES AS BACK THEN, THINGS OF TIFFANY QUALITY WERE CRAFTED TO ENDURE MANY GENERATIONS OF USE.

THE FACT THAT THE GOLD GILT STILL REMAINS IS PROOF THAT THIS HAD VERY LITTLE USE AND IF WELL CARED FOR, THIS SET SHALL SURVIVE UNBLEMISHED FOR MANY DECADES AND GENERATIONS TOO COME. THIS GORGEOUS, TIMELESS, REGAL AND FAMOUS "ENGLISH KING" PATTERN WAS INTRODUCED BY TIFFANY & COMPANY IN 1870. THE QUALITY OF SILVER PLATE BACK THEN WAS OUTSTANDING AS EVIDENCED BY THE BEAUTIFUL DETAILING TO THE DESIGNS.

THESE ELEGANT ENGLISH KING PIECES ARE FINELY DECORATED ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK OF EACH PIECE WITH THE IDENTICAL DESIGN. BY THE WAY, FOR ANY TYPE OF SILVER TO BE CLEANED IN A DISHWASHER, SIMPLY DO NOT USE ANY DISH WASHING SOAPS OR ADDITIVES THAT CONTAIN LEMON AS LEMON TARNISHES SILVER AND MORE SO WHEN HEAT DRYING OCCURS! NOT ONLY DOES THIS SENSATIONAL SET OF SILVERWARE CONTAIN THESE RAREST TYPE OF 7&1/2 INCHES LONG ALL SOLID ONE PIECE "TEA" KNIVES BUT IT ALSO CONTAINS THE LARGE SCALE, 7&1/8 INCHES LONG, "PLACE" OR OVAL SOUP SPOONS.

THEY LOOK LIKE A CONTEMPORARY GOOD SIZED TABLE SPOON AND ARE IDEAL FOR LARGE ICED COFFEES OR ICED TEAS AND I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER USING THEM FOR BREAD PUDDING DURING THE HOLIDAYS. THE 7 INCH FORKS ARE ALSO EQUALLY WONDERFUL AND WITH THERE BEING A FULL SET OF EIGHT (8) OF EACH TYPE OF KNIFE, FORK AND SPOON, YOU CAN SET A TRULY STUNNING TABLE OF FINE CHINA THAT'S ACCENTUATED WITH GLEAMING TIFFANY SILVER. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I DO NOT THINK THAT TIFFANY'S HAD DINNER KNIVES IN THIS PATTERN WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AS MY GRANDMOTHER USED ANTIQUE MOTHER OF PEARL HANDLED KNIVES WITH THIS SET. MOST FLATWARE MAKERS DID NOT MAKE KNIVES AS THAT WAS CUTLERY, NOT FLATWARE BACK THEN. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE 1880's OR LATER AS PRODUCTION OF KNIFE BLADES EVOLVED, TO WHERE THE SILVER MAKER COULD THEMSELVES JOIN A SILVERED STEEL BLADE TO A HOLLOW HANDLE IN ORDER TO FORM DINNER KNIVES.

IT WAS IN THE LATE VICTORIAN ERA THAT YOU START TO FIND KNIVES BEING CREATED IN ALL THE POPULAR PATTERNS THAT WERE STILL IN PRODUCTION. BY THE WAY, THIS PATTERN HAS REMAINED SO POPULAR THAT IT IS STILL TODAY BEING OFFERED BY TIFFANY'S BUT YOU'LL ONLY FIND THE GOLD GILT ON EARLY PERIOD PIECES AND THEY CERTAINLY NO LONGER MAKE SUCH SENSATIONAL KNIVES AS THESE.

IT'S JUST ONE MORE INDICATOR THAT TIFFANY'S OFFERED THINGS OF A MUCH BETTER QUALITY 150 YEARS AGO THAN THEY DO TODAY, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING! TIFFANY STARTING PRODUCES THIS PATTERN IN SOLID STERLING BACK IN 1885 AS THEY STILL DO CURRENTLY WHICH MAKES THIS IDEAL FOR USE AS A DESSERT SERVICE, LUNCHEON SET OR TO ADD WITH AN EXISTING SET.

EACH OF THESE EXCEPTIONAL PIECES OF ENGLISH KING PATTERNED FLATWARE IS FULLY MARKED; "TIFFANY & CO" AND "EP". THE "EP" IS FOR ELECTRO-PLATING, WHICH BACK IN 1870 WAS A NEW PROCESS OF ADHERING A THICK LAYER OF STERLING OR GOLD. REMEMBER, BACK IN 1870, ELECTRICITY WAS A NEW INVENTION AND ONLY THE FINEST PLATED PIECES WERE CRAFTED WITH THE PROCESS OF ELECTRO-PLATING.

THESE PIECES ARE EACH MONOGRAMMED IN A FANCY SCRIPT THAT IS HARD TO DECIPHER AND BEING THAT MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IN THE ANTIQUES BUSINESS, I DOUBT THEY WERE HER INITIALS AS SHE NEVER BOUGHT ANYTHING NEW EXCEPT FOR CLOTHING, SHOES AND MATTRESSES. IF ANYONE EVER WAS ABLE TO READ THE MONOGRAM, GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY IT HAD BELONGED TO HER GREAT AUNT SO & SO'S. I HOPE YOU WILL FOREVER CHERISH THIS BEAUTIFUL SERVICE FOR EIGHT AS IT CONTINUES TO BE PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SOME OF THE WARM MEMORIES THAT THIS FANTASTIC SET BROUGHT TO MIND. I TYPICALLY USE THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE U. WITH THEIR HIGHER INSURABLE LIMITS. AND IT IS RATHER COSTLY. POSTAL SERVICE, UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OR ME DIRECTLY.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE LOW VALUE LIMITS. WHICH IS WHY ANY ITEM EXCEEDING THE LIMITATION SET BY U. WILL BE MAILED THROUGH U.

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I have been in the business for just myself well over 30 years. I began as a young girl working in my grandparent's store and later for my parents.

I've had several of my very own stores over these past many years but now with rents out of the realm of reality & my age creeping up on me, I have closed the last of them. I do not & will not sell fakes or new reproductions of anything.

All my items are 100% as described & the pictures prove it! Any damage or imperfection is noted and all items are mailed with an invisible ID mark that only I know of. This will eliminate anyone trying to item switch a broken treasure with my perfect piece. I will try to accommodate all requests on 1st come, 1st served daily basis. Everything is very carefully packed as I love my things & want you to enjoy them in the same condition as I have. I hope everything is very plain & simple to understand but do not be shy about asking anything should you require additional info or details. I hope you enjoy each & every item as most are from my private collection assembled over the past 30+ years and have never before been offered for sale. Each piece is very special, of great quality, rare for its' kind and worthy of any advanced collection. The item "ANTIQUE TIFFANY&CO STERLING SILVER PLATE&GOLD ENGLISH KING 8 PLACE FLATWARE SET" is in sale since Saturday, November 05, 2016. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Silverplate\Flatware & Silverware". The seller is "myprivatemuseum" and is located in Pomona, California.

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Composition: Silverplate
Maker: Tiffany & Co.
Type: Flatware - Sets
Age: 1850-1899
8 (3 Piece) Place Settings: 24 Piece Set
Consists Of;: 8 Knives, 8 Forks & 8 Spoons
Fork Length: 7 Inches
Place/Oval Soup Spoon: 7&1/8 Inches
Rare Flat Handled Tea Knife: 7&1/2 Inches Long
Hallmark: :Tiffany & Co EP"
Finish: Vermeil (Gold Gilt On Silver)