old 'silver' utensils?? Pictures?

12 years ago

Several years ago, was all about making wind chimes from silverplate stuff I got for cheap on Ebay. Ended up with a HUGE messa Patrician silverplate in really nice condition... normal wear marks but none of silverplate totally worn away.

Also ended up with some old-time utensils that were probably all the rage on tables in early 1900's... most in not so great shape. Fancy perforated pie server... obvious what that was for. Round perforated thingie... ended up something to serve sliced tomatoes. A few large serving forks with one tine much larger than others... don't know why?

Have a spoon-thing... marked 'EUREKA' W.t & S. No "bowl" to it... like totally flat spoon.

Is there any place online to just look at pictures of old tableware to find out what they were used for. In the Patrician stuff... early 1900's from what I've found... 6-8 LITTLE ladle-looking spoons??

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lindac
12 years ago
Most of the "fancy" serving stuff was made in Sterling.
I am sure you can google old silver flatware serving pieces.
Likely the little "ladles" are bullion spoons, the flat server works well for jello salads, the perforated server is for tomatoes or if smaller for cucumbers. In sterling, serving forks were different for fish and ham and cold meats. Not sure if there were plate patterns that made those distinctions.

Here is a link that might be useful: serving pieces
antiquesilver
12 years ago
Usually fancy serving pieces & a full line of place pieces were made in silver plated as well as sterling patterns - & sometimes in both metals. Replacements.com might have photos of some of the pieces you describe in a particular pattern but many of them, marked HC for 'hand-crafted', are spoons or forks that they've generically re-purposed.

If you post pictures along with the length of the pieces, I'll try to identify the use.
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