On 4/20/2017 12:58 PM, wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:30:28 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> The thread about home remedies and cleaning silver brought this up. I
>> don't use the sterling silver flatware. But I did go dig it out of the
>> drawer in the sideboard.
>>
>> First of all, it's stored in a Naken's *Tarnish Proof* Silverware
>> Chest, out of Chicago. I never noticed that label before. But again, I
>> don't use this silverware. Mom only used it on holidays.
>>
>> Here's the label on the box. I moved the knives over to take the pic.
>>
>> https://s17.postimg.org/7k5xnm2an/label.jpg
>>
>> Here's the rest of the silverwa
>>
>> https://s16.postimg.org/xz6496rfp/silverware.jpg
>>
>> Not touched in years, and not tarnished!
>>
>> Should I give credit to the Naken's Tarnish Proof Silver Chest? Or
>> could it be because mother had placed a sheet of plastic wrap over the
>> knives on the lid of the chest and also over the forks, spoons, all the
>> other stuff on the bottom of the chest?
>
> Probably a combination of the chest and the plastic wrap sealing the
> atmosphere out, however it's most likely due to your central AC
> keeping humidity low, and also that the pieces haven't been handled,
> acid in ones skin make starting points for tarnish. I could see some
> tarnish in the recesses of one knife handle. I can't really tell in
> the second picture as it's small and I couldn't find a way to enlarge
> it.
>
Oh, there's a bit of tarnish in the recesses of each piece. But I was
expecting a *lot* more tarnish. This silver flatware has been in many
places where there was no AC. Trust me, Mom didn't sit around polishing
it.

>> At any rate, it's sterling. Roger's Silver Company, circa the 1950's.
>> Pattern "Old Charleston".
>
> I think it's a very attractive pattern, not overy gaudly like much of
> the older European sets, and not ultra modern like some I've seen that
> remind me of Picasso's cubic style... it's a very nice set, enjoy!
>>
I agree, it's a nice pattern. Not like my grandma's green Chelsea Bird
china. That stuff was so garish it made me cringe!

>> http://www.beverlybremer.com/sterlin...old-charleston
>>
>> Isn't that odd? I don't believe my mother ever imagined she'd live
>> within 130 miles of Charleston when she chose that silver pattern.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Fate.
>
Quite a coincidence. The Antique Cupboard web site has a set of this
same silverware pattern, service for 12 in a different wooden box,
priced at just over $2000.

A single 4-piece place setting at the link above (beverlybremer.com) is
listed at $139. I seriously doubt I could get that much for it.

Jill