INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO. "PRELUDE" STERLING SILVER 87-PIECE FLATWARE SERVICE, pattern designed by Alfred G. Kintz in 1939; solid sterling pieces comprising 12 place forks, 12 salad forks, eight oval soup/dessert spoons, eight iced tea spoons, 16 teaspoons, a serving/tablespoon, a gravy ladle, a cream ladle, a sugar spoon, a bon bon spoon with pierced bowl, a jelly server, a pickle/olive fork, a lemon fork, and a butter knife; pieces with hollow handles and stainless blades consisting of 12 place knives, eight butter spreaders, a cake/pie server, and a cheese server. Each with "STERLING" mark, most with maker's mark. Total weight excluding hollow-handled pieces: 75.885 ozt. International Silver Co., Meriden, CT. Mid/second half 20th century. 4 1/2" to 10 1/8" LOA.
Very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other minor imperfections including nicks, possibly one or a few minute dents, and/or slight worn spots to raised decoration.