Silver-Plate and Sterling Silver

Silver pieces are so beautiful! Be it a silver teapot, a silver bracelet or a silver hair-pin, they are all lovely. Recently I was looking at two silverware patterns: Daffodil and Prelude. Daffodil, by International 1847 Rogers Brothers, is a silver-plated flatware, whereas Prelude, by International Sterling, is sterling silver. What is the difference? Silver-plate… Read More

Food, Drinks and Silver Plate

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Who doesn’t want to drink their mint julep in a silver cup? But the reality is that most of our silver cups are probably silver-plated. Recently I took a couple of silver plated mint julep cups and an old ice bucket to be resilvered. I had purchased them in Natchitoches at an antique store. The… Read More