Silver Pieces - The Strange and Peculiar: Blackberry Vine

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?

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Melon Spoons

Here are examples of Melon Spoons. You will notice most of them have a blunt end on the bowl.

Heraldic by Durgin ( 5 5/8 inches)

Cloeto by International (5 1/2 inches)

American Beauty by Shiebler

Blackberry Vine by Tiffany

Kings by Wallace

Friday, January 20, 2012

Sugar Sifter Ladles

This is a piece that is a mystery. In most patterns, there are large and small sugar sifters. However, I can only find two references for Sugar Sifter Ladles and both are different than the other Sugar Sifter pieces in their respective patterns. They do seem to have a more curved shape to the bowl than the other "sifters". So I present to you the two examples of the Sugar Sifter Ladle:

Blackberry Vine By Tiffany(7 1/4 inches)

Colonial By Gorham (5 3/4 inches)

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Sauce Ladle

The Sauce Ladle is one of the smaller ladles. Most are under six inches in length.

Aeolian By Knowles (5 3/4 inches)

Arlington By Towle (5 3/4 inches)

Blackberry Vine By Tiffany (7 1/4 inches)

Daisy By Wood and Hughes (5 3/8 inches)

Empire By Towle(5 1/2 inches)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Fruit Knife

The Fruit Knife, like other knives, came in solid and hollow handle. Both are shown here. It interesting, like with the spoons, some patterns differentiate between different fruit. For example here in Imperial Queen by Whiting there is a Fruit Knife and an Orange Knife, which are clearly two different pieces of silver.

(Fruit knife shown in Louis XV by Whiting 6 inches)

(Fruit Knife shown in Imperial Queen by Whiting 6 inches)

(Orange Knife shown in Imperial Queen by Whiting 6 1/2 inches)

(Fruit Knife shown in Blackberry Vine by Tiffany 7 3/4 inches serrated)

(Fruit Knife shown in Blossom by Dominick and Haff 6 3/4 inche serrated)