Set of Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware, Burgundy pattern, 272 total pieces. Set includes: 18 hollow handle butter spreaders (6 1/4" L), 18 New French hollow handle dinner knives (9 5/8" L), 18 New French hollow handle luncheon knives (9 1/8" L), 12 steak knives, 36 teaspoons (6" L), 18 place/dessert spoons, 18 round bowl soup spoons, 18 ice cream or citrus spoons, 17 demitasse spoons, 19 iced tea spoons, 18 dinner forks (7 7/8" L), 18 salad forks (6 1/2" L), 18 luncheon forks (7 1/8" L), 17 ice cream forks (5 1/4" L), and 9 serving pieces including 2 gravy ladles, 1 casserole or serving spoon with shaped bowl, 1 cake crumber, 1 cold meat fork, 1 pierced serving spoon, 1 solid serving spoon, 1 serving fork, and 1 solid cake server. Several pieces remain in plastic sleeves, including 4 individual butter spreaders, 6 teaspoons, 5 round bowl soup spoons, and 12 ice cream spoons. Not monogrammed. Housed in a fitted wooden box. 306.18 total weighable troy ounces (including plastic sleeves). Provenance: the estate of Marion H. "Bit" Hutcheson, Happy Valley Farms, Rossville, Georgia. CONDITION: Not monogrammed. Overall good condition with general use wear. 2 demitasse spoons with oxidation, 1 more than the other. Some minor oxidation to tines of cake crumber. Most serving pieces with traces of the old gilt wash.