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A pointed ovoid handle engraved with flower blossoms and an initial on a narrow to conforming server. It has slightly raised flutted shoulders and a egg-shaped reserve, engraved and bright cut with a floral spray and scrolls.
pie servers
bright cutting
engraving (printing process)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
floral patterns
Silver
Stipple Engraved
Bright-Cut
Floral
SERVER, PIE
A touch mark on the back of the handle stem reads: A.F. Towle & Son Co. Engraved on the handle is an ""L"".
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
A.F. Towle & Son Co. (Maker)
Newburyport, MA, USA, Essex
9 x 2.625 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.610
Massachusetts (United States)
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