The "Faneuil Feather Edge" Service by Tiffany & Co.
An extremely rare, monumental and 100% complete 818- piece Tiffany & Co. sterling silver flatware service in the Faneuil Feather Edge pattern. Named for the famed Faneuil Hall in Boston, this p a rticular pattern is a member of Tiffanys coveted Feather Edge line, distinguished by classically elegant and distinctive feathered handles that are laboriously hand-engraved. Each piece is adorned with the monogram CPB, the initials of Clarice Patterson Bowman, née Dorimus Patterson, who received the service as a gift from her husband, John McEntee Bowman, on the occasion of their marriage in 1919.
The service contains an incredible 818 pieces, including 123 rare servers and a sterling v e rmeil dessert set for 18, which equates to over 30 pieces per place setting. The entire service is housed in its custom-made, three-drawer chest constructed of solid walnut and signed Tiffany & Co. Makers.
All pieces are marked TIFFANY & CO. STERLING with the date letter M.
Circa 1919
Case: 39 wide x 26 deep x 16 high
FIRST DRAWER:
36 luncheon forks
36 luncheon knives
18 dinner forks
18 dinner knives
18 game forks
18 game knives
18 fish forks
18 fish knives
18 lobster picks
18 salad forks (partial gilt)
18 individual asparagus tongs
18 grapefruit spoons (partial gilt)
18 ramekin forks
18 sorbet spoons
18 caviar forks
18 oyster forks
18 soup spoons
6 serving spoons
6 serving forks
5 salt spoons (partial gilt)
2 olive forks
2 olive spoons
2 large asparagus tongs
2 mustard spoons (partial gilt)
2 jelly knives
2 horseradish spoons (partial gilt)
2 fish serving forks
2 fish serving knives
2 caviar spoons (partial gilt)
2 sauce ladles (partial gilt)
2 crumb scrapers
2 macaroni forks
2 vegetable spoons
2 gravy ladles
ice tongs
serving knife
SECOND DRAWER all vermeil:
18 dessert knives
18 fruit forks
18 fruit knives
18 pastry forks
18 ice cream spoons
18 coffee spoons
18 ice cream forks
6 bonbon spoons
2 petit fours servers
2 grape scissors
2 sugar sifters
2 pastry servers
2 cheese servers
2 cheese knives
2 cream ladles
2 sugar tongs
THIRD DRAWER:
36 5 o'clock teaspoons
18 teaspoons
18 tea knives
18 iced tea spoons
18 butter spreaders
18 chocolate spoons
18 dessert spoons
18 berry forks (partial gilt)
12 orange spoons (partial gilt)
12 orange knives
12 egg spoons (partial gilt)
12 nut picks
6 nutcrackers
3 sandwich tongs
2 salad spoons
2 salad forks
2 jelly spoons
2 cucumber servers
2 cold meat forks
2 berry spoons
2 tomato servers
2 sugar tongs
2 bread forks
2 preserve spoons
pair of game carvers
pair of meat carvers
sharpening steel
butter pick
butter knife
ice spoon
waffle spoon
egg server
pea server
pie knife
bouillon spoon
punch ladle
soup ladle
oyster ladle
potato chip server
chafing dish spoon
chafing dish fork
gravy spoon
roast fork
game shears
cheese scoop
sugar spoon
sardine fork
lemon fork
lettuce fork
John Bowman was President of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corporation, which included six great hotels in New York City: the Biltmore, the Commodore, the Manhattan, the Belmont, the Murray Hill, and the Ansonia. He was also the owner of the Belleview in Belleair, Florida, the Griswold in New London, Connecticut, the Westchester- Biltmore Country Club at Rye, New York and the Sevilla in Havana.
Born in Toronto, Bowman was described in a contemporary account as a "rollicking sociable boy." He was a keen horseman and sportsman who served as president of many groups including the National Horse Show Association, the United Hunts Racing Association, the Havana American Jockey Club, the Westchester Biltmore Steeplechase Association, and Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club. He was also President of the
Cuban National Syndicate and served as chief of the hotel, restaurant, dining car and steamship division of the U.S. Food Administration, concerned with saving food in the kitchens of these facilities during the First World War.
References:
Jeweler's Sterling Flatware Pattern Index, 2nd Edition, 1995
Tiffany Silver Flatware, 1845-1905: When Dining Was An Art, 1999, William P. Hood, Jr.
