Cloeta by International

International's Cloeta pattern has a design graced by grapes. It is a really beautiful pattern that dates back to 1904.


Teaspoon (6 inches)



Medium Cold Meat Serving Fork (8 3/4 inches)



Fruit/Orange Spoon (5 7/8 inches)

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

Jelly Cake Server (Part 2) (Pierced)

I have posted earlier on the Jelly Cake Server. This is by far one of the more ornate and elegant pieces of a sterling flatware pattern. Here are some more examples. 

Love Disarmed by Reed and Barton (10 inches)

 
Les Cinq Fleurs by Reed and Barton(9 5/8 inches)

La Parisienne by Reed and Barton (10 1/2 inches)

Abbottsford by International (8 1/8 inches)

 

Cloeta by International (8 inches)

Number 10 by Dominick and Haff (10 1/8 inches)

Jelly Cake Server

When I first posted on the Jelly Cake Server, I was under the impression that this was a server that could be used to serve cake or jelly. I was wrong. There separate servers for Jelly  (See Jelly Servers) and a separate Cake Server. The Jelly Cake Server is its own piece and what a lovely piece it is. It has the shape of the pie server with ornate decorations on the blade. Here are some examples.

  Lily by Whiting (9 inches)

Louvre by Wallace (7 7/8 inches)

No. 10 by Dominick and Haff (10 1/4 inches)

Frontenac by International (8 1/8 inches)

Cloeta by International (8 inches)

 

Lily by Gorham (9 1/2 inches)

 

Spinach Serving Forks (Part III)

Spinach Serving Forks have been covered several times before. It is such an odd piece, but can be found in most patterns.


La Reine by Wallace (7 inches)



Camelia by Gorham (7  1/4 inches)



King George by Gorham (8 inches)



Champlain by Amston (7 inches)



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



Cloeta by International (6 7/8 inches)



Les Cinq de Fleurs by Reed and Barton (7 1/4 inches)





Lansdowne (7 3/4 inches)

Lettuce Serving Spoon

An elegant piece, the Lettuce Spoon has a long thin stem and often has  lovely decoration on the bowl. Not found in every pattern.




Buttercup by Gorham (10 1/2 inches)



Empire by Towle (9 inches)



New Vintage by Durgin (8 1/2 inches)





Canterbury by Towle



Cloeta by International (8 1/4 inches)

Old Style Pickle Fork

In researching the myriad of different types of pickles forks, I came upon the Old Style Pickle Fork. It is not found in all patterns. And, as I looked further, I found that often it looked very much like a salad fork or pastry fork. I did not take the time to go back and look into the different patterns to compare the pieces, however several times this piece was referred to as the "Old Style Pickle/ Pastry Fork" or "Old Style Pickle/Salad Fork".

This gave me enough pause to think that perhaps (as we have seen in prior cases) this is a piece with multiple names which can be confusing. My question is: with all the different types of Pickle Forks, why commandeer another piece in a pattern just to add another type?

Buttercup by Gorham ( 5 5/8 inches)



Cloeta by International



Intalglio by Reed and Barton (6 inches)



Mary Chilton Eng No. 1 by Towle (5 7/8 inches)



Oval Twist by Whiting (6 1/8 inches)



Raleigh by Alvin (6 1/4 inches)

Pastry Tongs

Pastry Tongs are often confused with asparagus tongs. However, if you pay attention, you will notice that most asparagus tongs are much wider than pastry tongs. Also, many of the pastry tongs I have seen, have different shaped prongs, usually one is flat and one is fork-like shaped. They are easy to confuse. You do not find as many pastry tongs around as you do asparagus tongs.

(Shown in Cloeta by International 6 1/4 inches)

(Shown in Imperial Chrysanthemum by Gorham 6 1/2 inches)