Banana Server

The Banana Server is a rare piece that resembles a Jelly Cake Server, but the blade is a bit wider.

Florentine-Florenz by Gorham  (10 1/8 inches)

Lancaster by Gorham (10 1/4 inches)


New Queens by Gorham (10 3/8 inches)

New Queens by Durgin

Durgin introduced New Queens in 1900. Note the mirrored scallop shell motif on the terminal. You will also see a continuation on the shell motif on the shoulder of the serving pieces. Although the lines along the stem are simple, their simple curves together with the scallops make for an elegant pattern.


Fork


Jelly Knife


Knife


Long Handle Pickle Fork

New Queens by Gorham

New Queens is another pattern designed by William C. Codman. Gorham introduced it in 1899. A lovely pattern with a scallop shell on the terminal and classic decorations. 

Salad Fork (5 7/8 inches)

Fruit Orange Spoon (5 3/4 inches)

Strawberry  Fork (4 1/2 inches)

Large Fish Serving Fork (8 3/4 inches)

Tomato Server (Part II)

In an earlier post, I visited the Tomato Server. There are so many more examples of this lovely piece. Here are a few more.


Strasbourg by Gorham (7 1/2 inches)



Milburn Rose by Westmoreland (7 1/2 inches)



Valinciennes by Manchester (8 1/4 inches)



George and Martha by Westmoreland  (7 3/4 inches)



New Queens by Durgin (8 1/2 inches)



Savannah by Reed and Barton (8 1/4 inches)



Grape by SSMC- Saart (7 inches)



Spanish Baroque by Reed and Barton (8 1/8 inches)



Peony by Wallace (7 3/4 inches)

Place Forks

Several months ago, I did a piece on all the place knives available. Here are all the Place Forks available. And, like I stated earlier, one would most likely never use all these pieces at one time (according the Amy Vanderbilt a formal setting should never have more than 3 forks. Should more be required then the staff will replace the ones from the earlier courses with the proper ones for the following courses.)

Dinner Fork (Cromwell by Durgin) (7 5/8 inches)

Regular Fork (Bridal Rose By Alvin) (7 inches)

Salad Fork (Lily (aka "88") by Gorham) (5 1/2 inches)

Fish Forks -with fancy shells (New Queens by Durgin) (7 3/4 inches)

Dessert fork (Chrysanthemum by Durgin) ( 6 1/8 inches)



Pie Fork (Lily of the Valley by Whiting) (6 1/4 inches)



Pickle Fork (Acorn by Jensen) (6 5/8 inches)

Ice Cream Fork (Della Robbia by Alvin) (5 5/8 inches)

Fruit Fork (Eglantine by Gorham) (6 1/8 inches)



Cocktail Fork (Du Barry by Durgin) (7 1/2 inches)



Terrapin Fork (Iris by Durgin-Gorham) (5 1/2 inches)



Ramekin Forks (Hepplewhite Chased by Reed and Barton) (4 7/8 inches)

Strawberry Fork (Marechal Niel by Durgin) (5 inches)

Croquette Servers

This is a rare but practical piece - a Croquette Server. In the Northeastern United States, Croquettes were used as a way to serve leftover ham. But in the South, typical Croquettes were Salmon Croquettes. I could find very few examples of this utensil, and the ones I found were from extremely old patterns. These three patterns all date back to the 1800's. Later on, one would see the term "Croquette server" lumped under the description of the Tomato Server or the Asparagus Server (non-hooded). No longer was it a unique utensil. It's duty merely assigned elsewhere.

Shown in Medallion by Gorham (8 3/4 inches)

Shown in New Queens by Durgin (6 5/8 inches)

Shown in Ivy by Gorham (9 3/8 inches)