255 pieces Reed and Barton Francis I pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 modern dinner knives (9 1/2" L), 12 modern luncheon knives (8 7/8" L), 12 new French dinner knives (9 3/4" L), 14 new French luncheon knives (9 1/4"L), 11 dinner forks (7 3/4" L), 2 luncheon forks (7 1/4" L), 39 salad forks (6 1/8"), 8 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 13 individual steak knives, 14 individual fish knives, 2 master butter knives, 14 fish forks, 14 oyster forks, 10 place spoons, 13 gumbo soup spoons, 14 cream soup spoons, 5 dessert spoons, 15 demitasse spoons, 3 tablespoons, 1 iced tea spoon, 2-piece small steak carving fork and knife set, 11 modern butter spreaders, 1 flat handle butter spreader, 1 large jelly server, 3 small cold meat serving forks, 2 pickle/olive forks, 1 lemon fork, 1 gravy ladle, 1 cream ladle, 2 sugar shell spoons, 1 pierced bon bon spoon, and 1 additional hollow knife handle. All pieces stamped with maker's mark and Sterling. 3 dinner forks remain in plastic sleeves. Not monogrammed. Housed in a fitted wooden box with three drawers and a blank placard affixed to lid. Case: 14 3/4" H x 18 1/2" W x 12 3/8" D. 243.895 total weighable troy ounces (including plastic sleeves).

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Margaret Harold Roberts, Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with scattered use wear and some surface oxidation. 3 knives loose in the handle. Case with surface wear and loss of handles.