American Sterling Silver 'Fairfax' Flatware Service, William B. Durgin Co., Concord, New Hampshire, Introduced in 1910, with Similar Additions. The set comprising six salad forks, six 7.25-inch forks, master and six flat-handled butter spreaders, seven 8.75-inch knives with stainless steel blades, sixteen teaspoons, and two sugar spoons, engraved initial "B;" the additional pieces comprising a 'Mary Chilton' salad serving fork, 6.75-inch cucumber server, 8-inch cold meat fork, 5.5-inch sauce ladle, Towle Silversmiths, designed by Henry C. Quincy and E.H. Colby, 1912-1996; a 'King Philip' gravy ladle, Watson Company, designed by Joseph E. Straker, Jr. and introduced in 1904; two 'Old French' serving spoons, Gorham Mfg. Company, designed by William C. Codman and introduced in 1904; a hammered 'Plymouth' carving fork and knife and regular 'Plymouth' pie server, Webster Company; a lemon fork, unknown pattern, Webster Company; and a cheese server, unknown maker, marked "STERLING," various monograms, all marked; housed in a mahogany silver chest. (56)
46.71 troy oz. total weighable
Silver chest: H: 3.875 in., W: 15.875 in., D: 11.25 in.