Friday, November 8, 2013

Lady Wynn By Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon introduced Lady Wynn in 1912. This is a different pattern with a chalice and embellishments that have an imperial look to it. There is a shield on the terminal suitable for an initial. The design on the bottom of the stem and the shoulder follows the imperial theme. 



Fork

Salad Fork  (6 1/8 inches)

Individual Salad Fork


French Hollow Knife (9 1/2 inches)

Old French Hollow Knife in the Lady Wynn (sterling, 1912) pattern by Mount Vernon Silver

Dessert Oval Soup Spoon (7 inches)


Dessert/oval Soup Spoon in the Lady Wynn (sterling, 1912) pattern by Mount Vernon Silver

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Chapel Bells by Alvin

J. Russell Price designed Chapel Bells for Alvin and it was released in 1939. It is a very simple pattern with (what I can see as) a motif of leaves in two slim lines going down either side of a straight terminal. The stem continues with a line on either edge. If you look at the modern simplicity of the Bon Bon spoon, you can see how the design is no longer one of the elaborate Victorian or Edwardian periods.

Large Salad Serving Fork (9 inches)




Lemon Fork (4 1/2 inches)





Bon Bon Spoon  (4 5/8 inches)





Baby Fork (4 1/8 inches)





Monday, November 4, 2013

Autumn Leaves by Reed and Barton

Reed and Barton introduced Autumn Leaves in 1957. It was designed by William L. Lafftery. The pattern is very simple with one leaf and a trailing branch adorning the stem.


Lemon Fork (5 1/8 inches)



Tomato Server (8 1/4 inches)

Sugar Tongs (4 inches)