A sterling silver twelve-place dining service, Reed and Barton, Taunton, Massachusetts, modern, Francis I pattern, ninety-nine pieces, each eight-piece setting comprising a soup spoon, salad fork, two butter/place knives, a dining knife and fork, dessert spoon, and tea spoon, together with three serving spoons, the knives with polished stainless steel blades, in original case. Length 23.5 cm. (dinner knives), and smaller total weight 6,060gr. (approx.)