Silver Pieces - The Strange and Peculiar: Pynchon

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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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Pynchon by Lunt

Lunt's Pynchon pattern, introduced in 1910 is similar to Lunt's Monticello and Chippendale patterns with the open design in the terminal.

Large Sardine Serving Fork (5 inches)

One Tine Butter Pick (6 1/4 inches)

Iced Tea Spoon (7 1/2 inches)

Flat Handled Butter Spreader (5 5/8 inches)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Sardine Server

While we are on Sardines, I found the Sardine Server, which is different from the Sardine Fork and the Sardine Tong.

Mary Chilton by Towle (5 1/4 inches)

Pynchon by Lunt ( 4 3/4 inches)

Grande Baroque by Wallace (6 1/2 inches)

Solid Flat Sardine Server

Love Disarmed by Reed and Barton (6 1/2 inches)

Solid Flat Sardine Server

Athene/Crescendo by Whiting (6 3/8 inches)

Solid Flat Sardine Server

Friday, April 9, 2010

Long Iced Tea Spoon

Most Iced Tea Spoons are between 7 and 8 1/2 inches long. However, the Iced Tea Spoon in Louis XV by Whiting is 9 1/8 inches. I also found reference to an Iced Tea Spoon in the same pattern that was 7 1/4 inches, and in his book, Sterling Silver Flatware, Richard Osterberg states that this pattern also has the shortest Iced Tea Spoon at 6 3/4 inches.

(Shown in Louis XV by Whiting 9 1/8 inches)

Extra Long Handle Iced Tea Spoon in the Louis Xv (sterling, 1891, No Monograms) pattern by Whiting Divisn-Silvr

(Shown in Blossom by Jensen 7 inches)

(Shown in Pynchon by Lunt 7 1/2 inches)

(Shown in Harlequin by Reed and Barton 7 5/8 inches)