Small Berry Spoon (Part 3)

 Another post on the Small Berry Spoon (sometimes referred to the Casserole Spoon).

Chantilly by Gorham  (7 7/8 inches)

Buttercup by Gorham (7 3/4 inches)

Versailles by Gorham (8 3/4 inches)

English King by Tiffany (8 7/8 inches)

Fish Serving Fork - Small (Part 3)

More examples of the Small Fish Forks - Small

Chantilly (5 3/4  inches)

Luxembourg by Gorham (5 5/8 inches)

King Albert by Saart (6 1/4  inches)

Ancestry by Weidlich (6 1/4 inches)

Old Style Pickle Fork Part 5

The Old Style Pickle Fork. I have posted on it several times earlier.

Chantilly by Gorham (6 inches)




Old Colonial by Towle (5 7/8 inches)





Louis XV by Whiting (6 1/4 inches)

Gorham's Sterling Star Ornaments

Every year the sterling companies produce several annual Sterling Ornaments each. I posted on this last year. Each design is unique. The star in the center of the ornament is surrounded by the design of a Gorham sterling pattern.

Buttercup (1998)

Chantilly (2001)

Strasbourg (2002)

Chantilly Ornaments Part 3

Gorham produces a different sterling Christmas Tree ornament each year using the design of their ever popular Chantilly pattern. I have posted on these before.  Here are some more examples of past years.



2017 Poinsettia 

2011 Heart

2015 Star

2019 Star

Confection Spoon Part 3

More examples of the Confection Spoon, as I posted on earlier.

Lancaster by Gorham (5 3/4 inches)



Chippendale Old by Frank Smith (5 3/4 inches)




Chantilly by Gorham (5 1/2 inches)



Georgian by Towle (6 1/2 inches)

Oyster Ladle

Of all the servers, the Oyster Ladle is one of the rarer. Given the sizes shown here, I'm not sure how one differentiates this ladle from all the other types. 

Royal Danish by International (9 7/8 inches)



Chantilly by Gorham (10 3/4 inches)



Francis I by Reed and Barton (11 1/2 inches)

Cheese Cleaver 3

Lady Hilton, Old Colony, Rose Point, Stradivari,  Westmorland, Old Newberry

The Cheese Cleaver that I have posted on earlier.

Chantilly by Gorham (6 3/8 inches)



Queen Elizabeth by Towle (6 3/8 inches)



Legato by Towle (6 7/8 inches)



Newport Shell by Towle  (6 3/4 inches)

Sterling Silver Flatware and the White House

If you ever get invited to dine at the White House you would expect to have sterling flatware at your place - well not so much now. (But I'll get back to that later.) 

In the 1860's Mary Todd Lincoln chose the Josephine pattern by Gorham (1855) to use at the White House for entertaining.  

Mrs. Grover Cleveland (in the the mid to late 1880's) selected the most formal sterling pattern used at the White House. It was a vermeil pattern (I do not have the pattern's name) by Durgin. The pattern was made with gold inlayed on the silver, with the engraved eagle and beaded edge.  The knives had mother of pearl handles.  This pattern continued to be used for State Dinners through the Obama administration. (And I assume for the first State Dinner of the Trump administration.) (I could not find a good example to show here.)

During the Coolidge administration (1926), the White House adopted Minuet (1925) by International Silver. It is a more simple design than both the vermeil or Josephine patterns.

In 1974 Pat Nixon chose the Kings Charles pattern by Gorham. This pattern was based on the original King George pattern that dated back to the 1800's. The pieces for the White House service were cast in the original 1894 casts. King Charles is a rococo design. 

While the Bushes (41) continued to use the King Charles pattern in the White House, they added Gorham's Chantilly pattern to service on Air Force One.

The Obamas tended to use the King Charles pattern for luncheons and more informal dinners. For State Dinners and more formal functions Michelle Obama chose to use the vermeil pattern.

Then we come to the current administration - the Trumps. Apparently, keeping with his "Make America Great Again" slogan, President Trump has recently committed to commissioning a new flatware service for the White House, a Liberty Tabletop Flatware pattern from the Sherrill Company. (The exact pattern has yet to be be chosen.) According to the President, the Sherrill Company manufactures the "last flatware made in the United States". However, they do not manufacturer sterling silver, nor is it silver plate. Sherrill only manufacturers stainless steal. Yes, State dinners at the White House will now feature stainless steel flatware.

Personally, I take issue with this. First, there are already several (American made) sterling silver patterns already commissioned for the White House - since the 1860's. Second, being a southern reared girl, no decent dinner table is set with stainless, much less a state dinner at the White House. But most of all, I'm not sure sure where the President got his information. Anyone can look it up and see that currently eight of the top sterling producers still manufacture all their sterling silver flatware patterns in the ol' US of A. This includes Reed & Barton, Towle, Gorham, Wallace, International, Kirk Stieff, Tuttle, and Lunt. 

Gumbo Soup Spoons (Part 2)

Another selection of Gumbo Soup Spoons. I have posted on these earlier.

Chantilly by Gorham (6 5/8 inches)



Repousse by Kirk Stieff  (& 5/8 inches)



Marlborough by Reed and Barton (7 1/4 inches)



Chapel Bells by Alvin (6 7/8 inches)

Pastry Server - Part 3

I have posted on Pastry Servers in several earlier posts. 

Louis XIV by Towle (8 7/8 inches)

Chantilly by Gorham (9 7/8 inches)



Fairfax by Gorham (11 1/4 inches)

Chantilly Ornaments by Gorham

Gorham produces a different sterling Christmas Tree ornament each year using the design of their ever popular Chantilly pattern. Here are some examples of past years.

2013 Ball


2014 Snowflake

Fish Serving Fork - Small

As I posted on earlier, the Fish Serving Fork come in two sizes - large and small and  the sizes of over lap in different patterns. I found examples of small Fish Serving Forks as large as  inches and as small as  inches. Here are a few examples of the "Small" size.

Chantilly by Gorham (7 5/8 inches)  9 5/8   7 1/2



Versailles by Gorham (8 1/8 inches)




Richelieu by Tiffany (9 1/4) (the "Large" size is 9 5/8 inches)

Long Handled Chocolate Muddler Part 2

Fairfax, Frontenac, Georgian, Lancaster, New Vintage,  Violet, Watson,



I have posted on Chocolate Pieces earlier, here are some examples of Long Handled Chocolate Muddlers.


Number 10 by Dominick and Haff (7 1/2 inches)



Chantilly by Gorham (8 3/8 inches)



Irving by Wallace (8 inches)



Bridal Rose by Alvin (8 1/4  inches)

Salad Serving Spoon Part 2 (1 posted 3/27/15)

More examples of the Salad Serving Spoon that I posted on earlier.


Rose by Kirk (8 5/8 inches)




Baronial by Gorham (9 inches)



Chantilly by Gorham (8 7/8 inches)




Buttercup by Gorham (8 3/4 inches)