This is a set of Solid Silver flatware consisting of 12 place settings: dinner knife, dinner fork, salad fork, bread & butter spreader, tea spoon.Ā There are 4 ice tea spoons, 2 large table spoons, 1 butter knife server, 1 sugar spoon, 1 pickle fork, 1 cake knife, and 1 cheese server.Ā Also included in the original 5x12, International Silver Company manual that identifies each item.Ā Presently it is stored in a safety deposit box, but I have included photos taken from the manual.
The set was purchase in the 1920's in Lincoln, Nebraska.Ā The manual has a foil sicker inside with the name of the store, but it is difficult to read.Ā It belonged to Fred B. and Sunbeam Thompson, who retired in Sprinfield, Missouri.Ā Thompson was a college football coach, and coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 1940's.Ā The setĀ has never been sold.Ā I Inherited itĀ from a family member in theĀ 1980's.