Silver Pieces - The Strange and Peculiar: 2017-01-29

The Story Behind this Blog

Being from the South, Silver is a very big part of my life. It doesn't have anything to do with wealth. Although those with more money - old money, tend to have more of it. New money tend not to spend their money on Silver. They do not have the appreciation for the warmth of the metal, the beauty of the patina, the story it tells of the generations past who have used it. A true southern girl comes of age when she chooses her silver pattern, long before she chooses her mate. If she is smart, she chooses that of her mother, grandmother, or favorite great aunt who in their benevolence will pass their silver on to her. It is the pieces in those sets, the pieces on our tables, along with the pieces we find in the corners of the displays in antique stores that prompted me to start this blog. They are beautiful, they are odd, but what are they, and what in the hell do you do with them?

Friday, February 3, 2017

Cheese Serving Knife Part 3 (2 posted 1/22/16)

Madame Royale, Cambridge, St Dunstan Dauphin, Old Colonial, Colonial, Strasbourg,

American Garden by Tiffany (7 inches)

WEB3 by Webb

A pattern known only for its number, WEB3 is a pattern by Web. Although I do not know when it was introduced, I have read that the pattern is now discontinued.

Cake Break (10 1/4 inches)

Cake Server (9 3/4 inches)

Steak Carving Knife (10 1/8 inches)

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Monticello by Lunt

The Lunt Silver Company introduced Monticello in 1908. George C. Lunt designed Monticello as well as the patterns Mount Vernon(1905), John Hancock (1911) and Chatelaine (1896) for the Lunt company.

Salad Fork (6 inches)