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October 16, 2025: Fine & Decorative Arts - Day One

Thu, Oct 16, 2025 09:00AM EDT
  2025-10-16 09:00:00 2025-10-16 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : October 16, 2025: Fine & Decorative Arts - Day One https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/october-16-2025-fine-decorative-arts---day-one-20341
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  • Silver - American
Lot 315

TOWLE "OLD MIRROR" STERLING SILVER 95-PIECE FLATWARE SERVICE

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Starting Bid
$1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

TOWLE "OLD MIRROR" STERLING SILVER 95-PIECE FLATWARE SERVICE, pattern designed by Arim R. Kalashian in 1940; solid sterling pieces comprising 12 7 1/8" L place forks, 12 salad forks, eight cream soup spoons, 24 teaspoons, 12 butter spreaders, a meat serving fork, a pickle/olive fork, four serving / tablespoons with one having pierced bowl, a casserole / large berry spoon, a tomato server, a gravy ladle, a cream ladle, a sugar spoon, an olive spoon, a bon bon spoon, and a butter knife; pieces with stainless blades and hollow sterling handles consisting of 12 assembled place knives with two having different-style blades, and a pie / cake server; also including a dated 1983 mailer from Walter Drake Silver Exchange of Colorado Springs, CO with price guide to "Old Mirror" flatware pieces. Each with "STERLING" and maker's marks, except for two place knives being unmarked. Total weight excluding 13 hollow-handle pieces: 98.845 ozt. Towle Silversmiths, Newburyport, MA. Second half 20th century. 5 1/2" to 10 1/4" LOA.

Condition

Very good to excellent overall condition with minor wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including nicks, and/or slight bending; some hollow handles with one or a few minute/small dents.

Provenance

From the collection of Dick and Jane Bishop, Flora, IN.

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