American Sterling Silver 'Old Lace' Part Flatware Service, Towle Silversmiths, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Designed by Harold E. Nock, 1939-2009. Comprising two seafood/ cocktail forks, two 6.625-inch soup spoons, eleven 6.75-inch salad forks, eleven 7.375-inch dinner forks, thirteen 8.875-inch knives with stainless steel blades, one master and three butter knives with stainless steel blades, nineteen 6-inch teaspoons, cheese server, 8-inch cold meat fork, 6-inch sauce ladle, 7-inch gravy ladle, four 8.5-inch serving spoons, and a sugar spoon, not monogrammed, factory marks and "Old Lace" in raised letters; housed in a Naken's mahogany silver chest. Together with a Kirk-Stieff 'Diamond Star' cocktail fork, designed by Jose Barata y Barrera and Harry Morrison Martin, 1958-1995; a pair of place soup spoons, marked "GRAY & LIBBY;" and an engraved berry spoon, marked "PAT. 70/ STERLING." (75)
70.94 troy oz. total weighable
Chest: H: 5.5 in., W: 15.25 in., D: 11.75 in. (including lid handle)