12 DESSERT KNIVES, Tift & Whiting, N Attleboro, MA 1840

Set of 12 coin silver dessert knives, Tift & Whiting, North Attleboro, Massachusetts (c. 1840-1853), 8-1/4" long, 4-1/2" blade, hollow handle in variation of Beaded pattern, marked on blade "T & W" in vertical shaped punch between an arm-and- hammer pseudo mark and a bust pseudo mark.