An impressive 184 piece set of American silver cutlery in a large fitted mahogany canteen, 'Old French' pattern; comprising 12 each: dinner knives and forks, luncheon knives and forks, salad forks, cocktail forks, bouillon spoons, teaspoons, citrus or orange spoons, dessert spoons, oval soup spoons, strawberry forks, oyster forks and butter spreaders; along with six fruit knives, five serving spoons, carving knives, forks and steel. By Gorham Sterling, circa 1904, with retailer's mark for Spaulding & Co., each piece crested with a lion rampant on a field gules within a cartouche ermine, surmounted by a knight's helm. Weight approx. 5.75kg excluding all knives and carvers.