"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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I need to back away from this thread. Silver is addictive to me. I have very little and know even less. But still, I like it all!
Anyways—depending on the pattern, date of manufacture, and collectibility, monograms are not necessarily a bad thing. Some collectors like ‘em.
Let me know if you need/want any for Hermann. I have serving spoons as well as mismatched forks, spoons and knives.
I'll make a project of cleaning it up (it's easy to do with aluminum foil and baking powder baths) and then seeing what's what.
I started using my beloved great-aunt's silver flatware in Grand Isle, and I love it--hers is monogrammed and I love seeing her initials. It forces me to think of her every day.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
www.silententry.wordpress.com
Naw, but thanks for the offer! I sold the family silver, keeping only my own set.
In Hermann I use a set of family silverplate.
When I was looking up silver prices for this thread I saw the prices of the late 1970s. I remember my mom saying “the silverware in this house is worth more than this house” and I’ll she was probably right because she had 3+ sets of sterling that I know of. And it was a little ranch house she lived in.
Tangential to this discussion is what people are doing to silverplate Tea sets. They have no value so the artsy crafty girls are painting them up to look like Alice in wonderland/ mackenzie
Childs sort of things,cute and I like the trend.
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Donate the china/decorative items. Sell the sterling.
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