First World War Period United States Navy King's Pattern Flatware
Includes three pieces: knife, fork and spoon. Each is fabricated from silvered metal, magnetic, incorporating an ornate stylized "shell" design on both sides of the handle, known as the King's pattern, the knife with a fouled anchor framed by the ornate frame on the obverse, the fork and spoon without anchor, the reverse of all three items stamped "U.S.N." (United States Navy) framed by the ornate frame, the knife marked "1835 R. WALLACE" on the knife's reverse bolster and marked with a fouled anchor above "U.S.N" on the obverse of the blade, the knife measuring 247 mm in length, the fork measuring 203 mm in length, the spoon measuring 152 mm in length. Light contact on the fork and spoon, the knife with multiple contacts marks. Fine.

