vintage Holmes & Edwards silver plate flatware set for 8, Spring Garden pattern circa 1949

Early 1950s vintage Holmes and Edwards silverplated flatware set in the Spring Garden pattern (first issued in 1949).

This is a complete set for eight, eight each dinner forks and knives, eight salad forks, eight teaspoons, eight soup spoons - and ten assorted serving utensils as shown (really nice!).

ONE of the eight soup spoons is very worn, though everything else is very gently or seldom used, in very good condition.

I don't know if this had some unusual use, or if it was a replacement piece (best they could do, in the pre-internet days!). I've shown all the soup spoons together in one of the close up photos, so you can see the difference for yourself.