AN AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE
Lot 283

AN AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE

DESIGNED BY VERA WANG, PRODUCED BY TOWLE SILVERSMITHS, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 2004-2011

Closed16 February 2023

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AN AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE
DESIGNED BY VERA WANG, PRODUCED BY TOWLE SILVERSMITHS, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 2004-2011
Byzantium pattern, comprising:
Thirteen dessert spoons
Seven bouillon spoons
Twelve teaspoons
Ten dinner forks
Twelve salad forks
Twelve dinner knives
Seven butter spreaders
A serving spoon
A pierced serving spoon
Two serving forks
Two sauce ladles
in a fitted painted wood chest
138 oz. 14 dwt. (4,314 gr.) weighable silver

Specialist note

Born in New York City in 1949, Vera Wang became the youngest Vogue fashion editor and stylist at age 23, a role she held for sixteen years before moving to Ralph Lauren to serve as design director. Wang opened her own flagship store on Madison Avenue in 1990, where she revolutionized the bridal industry with her innovative designs and refined detailing. Since then she has won numerous awards and greatly expanded into numerous related fields, helping to design bedding, eyewear, crystal, tablewares, and flatware, such that offered here.