Mike wrote:

> Golden age of silverware
> As time passed, however, silverware — made of silver plating or
> sterling silver — became a defining tradition at special meals and
> celebrations. Today, it is a form of wealth passed down from
> generation to generation.
> at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20041...3538-6108r.htm


Interesting. I use silverplated flatware everyday. My 1920s Art Deco
Oneida Deauville pattern flatware & hollowware was found unused at an
antique shop for $80 for service for 12. Place settings, two water
pitchers, two sets of salt & pepper shakers, tea set, trays, covered
butter. About six years later I stumbled upon the matching china.

I married into a society family. I about fell over the first time I
served a meal at the lake house and discovered that Gr. Gr.
Grandmother's Shreve Crump & Low sterling was "camp silverware" the
"good stuff" being Tiffany was what my husband's grandmother used at home.

Jessica