Collection of sterling serving dishes and trays 3 Revere bowls, H2 1/2" to 3" and Dia.4 3/4" to 5" 2 round trays, Dia.10 1/2" 2 round dishes, Dia.5 1/2" oval footed dish, L7" pair of salts, H2 1/8" toothpick holder, H3" canister, H3 1/2" 3 baby cups set of 12 oval nut dishes, L3 1/4" unusual double compartment ink bottle, H1 1/2" some engraved with initial D and marked sterling. weighing 81.4oz (27pcs)

Provenance : The engraved initial is that of John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) in whose family these pieces descended to present family member. John Fairfield Dryden Senator from New Jersey; born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839; moved to Massachusetts in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Worcester; attended Yale College; founded the Prudential Insurance Co. of America in Newark, N.J., in 1875, becoming its first secretary and in 1881 its president, and served in the latter position until 1911; one of the founders of the Fidelity Trust Co.; involved in the establishment and management of various street railways, banks, and other financial enterprises in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. Sewell and served from January 29, 1902, to March 3, 1907; was a candidate for reelection, but withdrew because of a deadlock in the legislature; chairman, Committee on Relations with Canada (Fifty-seventh Congress), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses); resumed his former business pursuits; died in Newark, N.J., November 24, 1911; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.