A late 19th / early 20th century Austro-Hungarian silver flatware service


by Heinrich Josef Ecker, Vienna, third standard mark, Placings for twelve, shaped Fiddle and Thread with leafy heel, comprising: table forks, table spoons, dessert forks, desserts spoons, fruit knives with silver blades, the table knives and dessert knives with steel blades, teaspoons, coffee spoons, sorbet spoons, a soup ladle, a sauce ladle, two sifter spoons with gilt pierced bowls, a strainer, two basting spoons, a pair of serving spoons, another larger serving spoon, a pair of sugar tongs, a butter knife, a pastry slice, two serving slices with engraved shaped blades, a pair of salad servers, with ivory bowl and tines, two carving forks, and five matched salt spoons, weight excluding knives with steel/ivory blades 251oz.