Silver Pieces - The Strange and Peculiar: 2018-11-25

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, November 30, 2018

Buccellati Sterling Christmas Ornaments

Unlike the sterling Christmas Ornaments from other companies, Buccellati produces exquisite 3 dimensional and multi colored. Here are some of Buccellati's Christmas Ornaments.

Village Scene (1986)

Zenith Star (1990)

Santa Claus (1998)

Classic Bouquet by Gorham

Classic Bouquet by Gorham is a newer pattern, introduced in 1972

Fork (7 1/2 inches)

Dessert/Oval Soup Spoon (6 3/4 inches)

Cheese Knife (7 1/4 inches)

Butter Spreader (6 1/2 inches)

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Posted Patterns (T-Z)

T

Talisman Rose by Frank Whiting (5.3.19)

Tapestry by Reed and Barton

Tara by Reed and Barton

The Wave by Unger (2/9/18)

Thistle by Blackinton

Tiffany the pattern

Tomatoe by Tiffany

Torchon by Buccellati (1.14.19)

Touraine by Goham (12.30.20)

Townsend by Gorham (11.7.18)

Trajan by Reed and Barton

Tree of Life by Reed and Barton

Trellis by Vera Wang (7.19.21)

Trianon by Dominick and Haff

Trianon by International

Trianon by Knowles (7. 21.21)

Trilogy by Gorham (7.26.19)

Triumph by Tuttle (7.23.21)

Tropea by Mount Vernon

Troubadour by Concord / Frank Whiting

Trousseau by International

Trumbull by International

Tuscany by Watson (9. 23.19)

Tudor by Lunt

Tudor by JB and SM Knowles (11.4.20)

Tuileries by Gorham

Tulip by Durgin

Tulip by Fessenden

Tulipan by Frank Smith (7/1/20)

Turkey by Tiffany

Twentieth Century by Mount Vernon

TWS226 by Towle (4.6.20)

TWS327 by Towle (4.3.20)

TWS350 by Towle (4.1.20)

TWS by Towle (5.26.21)

TWS494 by Towle (4.22.20)

Tyrolean by Frank Whiting

U
Udine by Wood and Hughes (11.13.19)

V

Valdres by Marthinsen

Valenicia by International (9.23.20)

Valenciennes by Manchester

Van Buren by Baker Manchster

William Vanderbilt by Tiffany

Ventian by Wood and Hughes

Venetian Scroll by Onieda

Venezia (aka Verona-Fortunoff) (5.20.19)

Venus by International

Vergennes by Frank Smith

Veranda by Stieff (11.20.20)

Verona by Lunt

Verona by Blackinton (1.6.20)

Verona by Towle

Versailles by Gorham

Versailles by Wallace

Victoria by Dominick and Haff

Victoria by Shiebler (3.8.19)

Victoria-Florence by Frank Whiting (2/10/17)

Victoria-New by Watson (11/14/16)

Victoria No. 85 by Woods and Hughes (3/28/18)

Victoria Old by Watson

Victorian by Durgin

Viking by Alvin

Viking Rose by Mathensin ( 4/27/20)

Villa Norfolk aka Norfolk (2.8.21)

Vine by Gorham (8.30.19)

Viking by Alvin

Viola by Wood and Hughes (5/28/18)

Violet by Wallace

Violet by Whiting

Virginia by Lunt

Virginia Carvel

Virginia by Weidlich

Virginia Engraved by Dominick and Haff (12.28.20)

Virginiana by Gorham

Vivaldi by Alvin

Vogue by Manchester (8.21.19)

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Waltz of the Spring by Wallace

Warrior by Wood and Hughs (11.1.19)

Warwick by International

Warwick by Wallace

WAS157 by Wallace (3.25.19)

Washington by Dominick and Haff (1.20.20)

Washington by Wallace (3.15.19)

Watteau by Durgin

Wave Edge by Tiffany

Wave (The) by Unger (2/16/18)

Waverly by Wallace

WEB3 by Web

Webster by Manchester

Wedding Bells by International (6.8.18)

Wedding Rose by Watson

Wedgewood by International

Wellesley by International

Wellington by Alvin

Wellington by Durgin

Wentworth by Lunt

Wentworth by Watson (9.20.19)

Weymouth by Gorham (7.29.19)

White Paisley by Gorham (7.24.19)

Whitehall-New by International (3.11.19)

Whitehall-Old by International (3.13.19)

Wilde Rose by International (3.20.19)

Wild Rose by Paye and Baker (12/31/18)

Wild Rose by Watson

William and Mary by CJ Vander (11.6.20)

William and Mary by Lunt

William and Mary by Wallace (9.25.20)

William Penn by Alvin

Willow by Gorham (8.28.19)

Winchester by Alvin

Winchester by International

Winchester by Shreve (10.18.19)

Wings (aka Queen Christina) by Frigast (11/26/18)

Windham by Tiffany

Windsor Castle by Tuttle

WIndsor Manor (5.29.20)

Windsor Rose by Watson (1/30/17)

Winslow by Kirk

Winthrop by Tiffany

WND1 by Wendell (11.25.19)

WND6 by Wendell (12.2.19)

WND7 by Wendell (11.8.19)

WND11 by Wendell (11.22.19)

WND15 by Wendell (11.29.19)

WND29 by Wendell (4.1.19)

WND21 by Shreve (11.20.19)

Woodlily by Frank Smith (4.29.20)

Woodwind by Reed and Barton

Worthington by Kirk Stieff

Wreath by Gorham

WSC4 by Webster (1/2/19)

WSC9 by Webster

WTS30 by Watson (9.27.19)

WTS37 by Watson (9.30.19)

Wyndham by Gorham

Y

Yetive by Mount Vernon

York by Gorham

Z

Zodiac by Gorham (5/25/18)
Zyphyr by Wood and Hughes (11.6.19)