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

Silver Linings

7 / 1 / 167 / 6 / 16

The other day I was polishing one of my mother’s really nice silver candelabras (you know the kind used in Phantom of the Opera or Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast). I noticed one arm seemed to hang a bit lower than the other arm, so I pulled on it ever so slightly to… Read More