Kidney Bowl Serving Pieces

As I have discussed before, most patterns have a Casserole Spoon that is often referred to as a Berry Spoon.  These pieces are some of the most ornate serving pieces in a pattern with elaborate designs of fruit and flowers on the bowl. Some companies will have more than one type of "casserole" piece in a pattern. Tiffany is one of these companies. Many of their patterns have a Kidney Bowl Casserole Serving piece. Here are some examples of those pieces.

English King by Tiffany (9 1/4 inches)



Atlantis by Tiffany (9 1/2 inches)


Renaissance by Tiffany (9 3/4 inches)

Blackberry by Tiffany (9 1/2 inches)

 

Strawberry by Tiffany (9 1/2 inches)

Tomato Server (Part 3)

I have posted earlier on the Tomato Server. One of the elegant serving pieces that can be found in most patterns. It can be pierced or solid.

Nuremburg by Alvin (7 1/2 inches) English King by Tiffany (7 3/4 inches)

Richelieu by Tiffany (7 3/4 inches)

Adam by Whiting



Ailanthus by Tiffany (7 3/4 inches)





Broom Corn by Tiffany (8 inches)



Carnation by Wallace (7 7/8 inches)

Saratoga Chip Server - Revisted

In an earlier post I described the Saratoga Chip Server and only gave one example. However since there are examples of this piece in many patterns, here are a few more. You may remember that this utensil was designed to serve the new fad food "Potato Chips". The detail on the scoop and stem of some of these pieces is quite lovely.

Chrysanthemum by Tiffany (8 3/4 inches)



Virginiana by Gorham



Ailanthus by Tiffany (9 inches)



Empire by Towle (7 1/2 inches)



Cambridge by Gorham (8 3/5 inches)



Baronial Old by Gorham (8 3/4 inches)

Ailanthus by Tiffany

The Ailanthus pattern was designed by Burnett Tiffany and introduced by The Tiffany Company in 1899. The pattern became inactive in 1908 and obsolete in 1934. It is the naturalism style. It has been referred to (incorrectly) as "Ailantus" and "Atlantas". It is a very ornate pattern with the design being on the front and back of the handle.

Fork (6 3/4 inches)

Flat handle master Butter Spreader (7 inches)

Pickle Fork (6 inches)

Fruit Fork (2 tine) (6 inches)

Ice Cream Slice (11 3/8 inches)

Saratoga Chip Server (9 inches)

Grapefruit Spoons

I mentioned Grapefruit Spoons earlier, but here are some more examples in different patterns. The pointed tip on the bowl is for piercing the pulp of the grapefruit sections.


Georgian by Towle ( inches)





Ailanthus by Tiffany  (5 3/4  inches)



Charles II by Dominick and Haff (5 1/2 inches)




 Bridal Flower by Watson (5 3/4 inches)





 Francis I -Old by Reed and Barton (5 3/4 inches)




George III by Frank Whiting (5 3/4 inches)

Pickle Pieces

Yes, we all love pickles. And how do we serve them? Long Handle Olive Fork and Long Handle Olive Spoon, both designed to serve olives from tall jars. The spoon is pierced to drain the juice from the olives. Piccalilli Fork and Piccalilli Spoon, used for serving vegetable relish or piccalilli. There are also the Pickle/Olive Fork, Short Handle and Long Handle Pickle Forks .

I have found some sources that say only Towle and Tiffany produced Piccalilli forks and spoons but there are many pieces identified as such in other patterns. Whether these pieces are mis-identified and confused with the many other pickle related pieces (as there are many) or other patterns do in fact have Picallilli pieces is up to the manufacturers to defend. I will only say they are lovely pieces but are all very difficult for the novice silver collector to distinguish.

(Piccalilli Spoon shown Duke of York by Whiting)

(Piccalilli Spoon shown in Marlborough by Reed and Barton)

(Three Tine Pickle Fork shown in Luxembourg by Gorham)

(Two Tine Pickle Fork shown in Chantilly by Gorham)

(Olive Fork shown in Ailanthus by Tiffany)

(Pickle Knives in English King by Tiffany)

(Pierced Olive Spoon by Buttercup by Gorham)

(Combination Olive Fork and Spoon shown in Persian by Tiffany)

(Castor Pickle Tongs shown in Persian by Tiffany)

(Long Handled Olive Fork shown in Persian by Tiffany)

Sugar Spoons

Ah, sugar and so many ways to deal with it. We all know the Sugar Shell, often times these are one of the most attractive pieces we have. They are so named because the bowl of the spoon is shell shaped and they are designed to be used with the sugar dish. Then we have the Sugar Spoon, used to serve granulated sugar, looks very much like a teaspoon or cream soup spoon. If you have sugar cubes (or lumps) then you must use Sugar Tongs to pick them up. But, then I came to theSugar Sifter, and I am still trying to find out what in the Dickens it is for. Stay tuned.

(Sugar Sifter shown in Ailanthus by Tiffany 5 1/2 inches)

(Sugar Tongs in Olympian by Tiffany 5 inches)

(Sugar Shell in Ivy by Whiting  5 5/8 inches)

(Sugar Shovel in No. 43 by Towle  5 5/8 inches)

(Sugar Spoon in Pompadour by Whiting 6 inches)