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Have the most beautiful table this Holiday Season! Purchase new and add to your family tradition. Have this set as a beautiful family heirloom to be passed down through the generations. Beautiful Wallace Grande Baroque Sterling Silver Flatware Set In Original Wrapping- 32 pieces Eight (8) dinner forks measuring 7 1/2 inches Eight (8) salad forks measuring 6 1/2 inches Eight (8) dinner knives measuring 8 7/8 inch Eight (8) dinner spoons measuring 6 1/8 inchesAll flatware pieces have the verified hallmark of Wallace Sterling. This 32 piece set is new. It has never been used and each piece is in it's original wrapping and most wrapping is sealed. This set only needs some polishing. T are no monograms. Title Grande Baroque Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware SetDescription: You are bidding on Grande Baroque Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set. Set of 32 pieces. Awesome popular high priced pattern. Manufacturer: Wallace Pattern: Grande Baroque Year Design introduced: 1941 Item: Flatware Set Type of Piece: Dinner forks Number of pieces: 8 Length: inches About 8" Weight Each (troy ounces): 2.52 ozt Weight Total (troy ounces): 20.16 ozt Type of Piece: Salad forks Number of pieces: 8 Length: inches 6 ½" Weight Each (troy ounces): 1.39 ozt Weight Total (troy ounces): 11.12 ozt Type of Piece: Teaspoons Number of pieces: 8 Length: inches 6 ¼" Weight Each (troy ounces): 1.10 ozt Weight Total (troy ounces): 8.8 ozt Type of Piece: Large table knives (dinner size) Number of pieces: 8 Length: inches 8 7/8" Weight Each (troy ounces): 3.36 ozt Weight Total (troy ounces): 26.88 ozt The R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. was originally located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Today, the company goes under the name Wallace Silversmiths, Inc. Today, Wallace is owned by Syratech Corporation of East Boston, Massachusetts. Shipping Insurance is already included in the S&H cost of $25.00. I will ship overnight for additional cost charged by USPS. Please bid with confidence as I have 100% Positive Feedback! Thank you! WALLACE SILVER HISTORY In 1815, Robert Wallace was born to a family of fine silversmiths in Scotland . During the late 18th century, at a time of turmoil and famine in Scotland , the Wallace family relocated to the United States and took up residence in Connecticut . At the age of 16, young Wallace became an apprentice to Captain William Mix, a renowned spoon maker for the Meriden Britannia Co. A Meriden Britannia apprenticeship was highly sought after because the firm was the most successful flatware and hollowware producing firm in the Northeast. Meriden Britannia opened in 1808 and produced flatware and hollowware pieces using a metal alloy similar to pewter. The Meriden Britannia Co. would later purchase the rights to the 1847 Rogers Bros. backstamp and would itself ultimately be absorbed into what is now International Silver. Having mastered the art of silver craft, Robert Wallace left his apprenticeship in 1831, purchased a dilapidated grist mill, and began to produce his own flatware. By 1833, Wallaceâe(tm)s silver shop was up and running. Because Wallace was skilled in the art of spoon making, Wallaceâe(tm)s only product was spoons. One day, while shopping in New York , Wallace happened upon a piece of flatware made of a nickel alloy that had been produced by Dixon and Sons of Sheffield, England. Impressed by the quality and strength of the piece, Wallace purchased the alloy formula from a German chemist for twenty dollars. Wallace realized the importance of diversifying his business and began producing a complete range of flatware using the nickel alloy formula. For the next five decades, Wallace did contract work producing flatware for a number of firms throughout the world. Wallace would sign a contract with a flatware manufacturer and produce a given piece for a set number of years. Generally, these cont... 
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