Lemon Server

The Lemon Server is designed to slide under the lemon slices, pick them up, then serve them. These pieces are rare since they were only produced in a few patterns. Sometimes they can be confused with the croquette server but if you compare the two, you will see the croquette server is flat and the lemon server has a raised edge on one side.

(Shown in Georgian by Towle)

(Shown in Grand Barouque by Wallace)

Orange and Grapefruit Spoons

Orange Spoons, Citrus Spoons, and Grapefruit Spoons are basically the same piece just called different names in different patterns. Although, Gorham shows in some of its patterns, both an Orange and a Grapefruit spoon. I could find on Orange spoon in Buttercup and a Grapefruit spoon in Chantilly that both had the same lines, so I suspect one is misnamed. However, some research showed that there may be a piece out there that is the "other" piece that has the decoration continuing from the handle down around the top of the bowl of the spoon. Every source I looked showed them being "out of stock." So, I am thinking, the elusive piece is there, and may very well be in your sliver chest.

Anyway, the spoons were developed to pierce into the pulp of citrus, both oranges and grapefruit. Often the bowl was washed with gold to prevent the acid from the fruit tarnishing the silver.

(Grapefruit Spoon shown in American Beauty by Shiebler 6 inches)

(Grapefruit Spoon shown in Chantilly by Gorham 5 3/4 inches)

(Grapefruit Spoon shown in Alcazar by Durgin 6 1/8 inches)

Margaux by Towle

One silver retailer describer this pattern: Margaux is one of our favorite ornate patterns, with clusters of grapes and leaves, and design spilling into the bowls of the spoons. Margaux is now considered "Made to Order" by the manufacturer, and some items may take 6-12 months for delivery."

When I first saw this pattern it struck me as plain and simple. But the more I looked, the more elegance I saw. As the description above states, the design "spilling into the bowls" is lovely and adds some exquisite detail that is often lacking in patterns today. And, being introduced in 1983, it is not an old pattern.

(Salad Fork 7 inches)

(Place Soup Spoon 7 inches)

(Cold Meat Fork 8 inches)