January 2, 2024
Carolina by Holmes & Edwards Svc for 12
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's your opportunity to own a very hard to find set of Holmes & Edwards, "Carolina". Pattern dates to 1914. Sets with just knives, forks, and spoons are not difficult to find in most patterns. But, when you start adding serving pieces, you add a lot of cost to your set - especially when you have to buy them individually. This set has just about everything, including ice tea spoons. Keeping ice, during the World War I time period, was always a problem because it had to be kept in an ice box. Tfore, in pre-refrigeration days, ice tea was an uncommon drink. Apparently, early in the 20th Century, ice tea must have made some gains in popularity, because ice tea spoons started to show up in flatware sets - still they are hard to find in these early patterns. Anyway, enough hype - This set contains 87 pieces as follows: 12 Ice tea Spoons 12 Hollow Handle Knives 6 Fruit Knives 2 Gravy Ladles 1 Sauce Ladle 2 Large Berry Spoons 2 Cold Meat Forks 1 Sugar Spoon 6 Soup or Table Spoons 12 Tea Spoons 12 Salad Forks 12 Table Forks 1 Master Butter Knife 1 Large Tomato Server 1 Pie / Cake / Cheese Server 2 Jelly Servers 1 Olive Spoon 1 Pickle Fork All pieces in great condition : No plate loss , very good lustre, and very light scratches from use. "T" monogram on most of the items - monograms are common on early quality sets because they were very
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