The Long Handled Sardine Serving Spoon and Fork are much longer than the regular size pieces which are typically 4 1/2 - 6 inches long. Also, you will note that the tines and end of the fork are much smaller. The regular Sardine Fork (I posted on earlier) has a much wider shoulder and tines.
Josephine by Frank Whiting (8 1/8 inches)
Athene by Amston (aka Crescendo) (8 1/8 inches
Friday, May 10, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Louis XV Patterns
Another very popular name, there are several sterling silver patterns named Louis XV. And, some of the patterns look very similar, but there are minor distinctions. Here are some examples:
Whiting (1891 Salad Serving Set 9 1/8 inches )
Dominick and Haff (1925 Tomato Server 8 inches)
Durgin (1891 Cracker Spoon 7 1/2 inches)
Woods and Hughes (1880 Fish Serving Knife (10 1/4 inches)
Birks (1914 Bouillon Spoon 4 7/8 inches)
Whiting (1891 Salad Serving Set 9 1/8 inches )
Dominick and Haff (1925 Tomato Server 8 inches)
Durgin (1891 Cracker Spoon 7 1/2 inches)
Woods and Hughes (1880 Fish Serving Knife (10 1/4 inches)
Birks (1914 Bouillon Spoon 4 7/8 inches)
Monday, May 6, 2013
Maintenon by Shiebler
An old pattern, Maintenon was introduced by Shiebler in 1895. The pattern has a design of scroll work on the terminal and the lower part of the stem.
Fork (7 5/8 inches)
Tablespoon (8 1/2 inches)
Fork (7 5/8 inches)
Tablespoon (8 1/2 inches)