Bidspirit auction | Stieff Lady Claire Sterling Silver

Stieff Lady Claire Sterling Silver Flatware Service for Twelve - Description: A Stieff sterling silver flatware service for twelve in the 'Lady Claire' pattern. Including: twenty-four teaspoons, twelve hollow-handled knives, twelve dinner forks, twelve luncheon/salad forks, twelve hollow-handled butter knives, twelve round bowl soup spoons, four tablespoons, a hollow-handled master butter knife, a sugar spoon, a serving spoon, a small pierced pea serving spoon, a pierced tomato server, a small cold meat serving fork, a sauce ladle, and a gravy ladle, 96 pieces. In a fitted 'tarnishproof silverware chest'. Markings & Inscriptions: Marked Date: 1925-1979, continued under Kirk Stieff until discontinued in 2003 Maker: Stieff Company, Baltimore, Maryland Dimensions: 93.32 ozt. weighable silver. The small pierced pea server measures 8” L. Provenance: From a Hockessin, Delaware collection. Condition: Condition commensurate with age and use. One kife with band of tarnish.