Two Vegetable Bowls in Francis I pattern American Sterling Silver The bowls are marked "Reed & Barton, Sterling, X552, Francis I" No date stamp, mid-20th century Height 6.5 cm Diameter 29 cm Weight 1244,2 grams The "Francis I" pattern was designed by Ernest Meyer a French silversmith for Reed & Barton in 1906 It remains one of the most desirable silver patterns with its elaborate design of fifteen different fruit-and-flower clusters.