"Colonial" Patterns

Of all the names of sterling flatware patterns several are used many times, and in many variations. One of these is "Colonial".  I could identify 36 different patterns alone. Short of the name, I can see no similar pattern (no pun intended) in their designs. So here is the first post (of many)  Salad Forks in different Colonial patterns.

Grand Colonial by Wallace  1942  (6 3/8 inches)



Southern Colonial 1945 By Fine Arts (6 1/2 inches)



Georgian Colonial by Wallace 1932 (6 1/4 pieces)





Colonial Theme by Lunt  1964 (6 3/8 inches)

Cheese Serving Knife Part 2

The Cheese Serving Knife that I have posted on this earlier, resembles a flat handled butter spreader with tines on up turned end.   


Dauphin by Durgin (6 7/8 inches)




Old Colonial by Towle (7 1/2 inches)



Colonial By Gorham (7 3/4 inches)





Strasbourg by Gorham (8 1/8 inches)

Colonial By Gorham

Colonial by Gorham is a beautiful pattern with a simple twist design that dates back to 1885.


Vegetable Serving Set




Bon Bon Spoon ( 5 3/4 inches)




Fork (7 1/2 inches)



French Hollow Knife ( 7/8 inches)

Sorbet Spoons - Part 2

The Sorbet Spoon, I have posted on earlier, is not necessarily an easy piece to identify. they are often confused with the Sherbert Spoon or the Chocolate spoon. As you can see here they can have a Smooth Bowl or a Ruffled Bowl. And these examples alone vary in size from 5 1/4 to 5 7/8 inches/

Colonial by Tiffany (Ruffled Bowl) (5 3/8 inches)

Colonial by Tiffany (Smooth Bowl) (5 1/4 inches)

Richelieu by Tiffany (Ruffled Bowl) (5 3/8 inches)

Saxon by Birks (5 7/8 inches)

Old Style Ice Cream Spoon Part 3

Here are more examples of Old Style Ice Cream Spoons. I have posted on them before. Tiffany seems to be the prevailing company to have these in their patterns. 

Richelieu by Tiffany (5 1/2 inches)


Wave Edge by Tiffany (5 5/8 inches)




Colonial by Tiffany 


English King by Tiffany (5 3/8 inches)

Colonial by Tiffany

Another pattern by Tiffany, Paulding Farnham designed Colonial for them in 1895. He is also known for his later patterns of  Marquise, Renaissance, and St. James  he also designed for Tiffany. As well as Richilieu, that he designed in 1892. The design of Colonial is fairly simple with a leaf motif at the end of the terminal and the terminal and stem being edged by a triple line which curls outward at the base of the stem.



Cheese Scoop (3 3/4 inches)



Egg Spoon (4  5/8 inches)



Pierced Egg Server (9 1/4 inches)



Pastry Fork (6 5/8 inches)

Individual Caviar Knife

The Individual Caviar Knife can easily be confused with the Flat Handled Butter Spreader. And, to complicate matters, there is no consistent size, even among patterns by one manufacturer, as you can see here by the examples of Caviar Knives in Tiffany patterns. No two are the same length. 

Tiffany by Tiffany (6 1/4 inches)



Vine-Iris by Tiffany (5 1/4 inches)



Colonial by Tiffany (7 3/4 inches)

Japanese By Tiffany (5 5/8 inches)

Hors D' Oeuvre Fork

I posted on Hor D' Oeuvre Pieces in general earlier. Here is the Hor D' Oeuvre Fork specifically. Several of these pieces can easily be confused with the Sardine Fork, but then others resemble a Strawberry or Berry Fork. Whatever they resemble, they are found in very few patterns.

Holly by Tiffany  (5 3/8 inches)



Colonial by Tiffany (5 1/8 Inches)




Padova by Tiffany (4 inches)



Douvaine by Unger (5 1/4 inches)



Chantilly by Gorham 



Strasbourg by Gorham

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)

Cucumber Servers (Part 2)

A beautiful piece, I mentioned the Cucumber Server in an earlier post. Like many of the serving pieces, this piece often is more ornate than other serving pieces in the pattern.



Colonial By Gorham



Adolphus by Mount Vernon (5 3/4 inches)



Fleury by Gorham (5 3/4 inches)



New Art by Durgin (7 inches)



Virginiana by Gorham (6 1/4 inches)