Sterling Silverware

Sterling

Silverware is knives, forks, spoons, and other utensils made out of sterling

silver. There are many brands of Sterling Silverware, and older Sterling Silverware

tends to show hallmarks indicating that it is in fact Sterling Silverware, and

not silver plated flatware, along with the hallmark of the maker of the Sterling

Silverware. Sterling Silverware is made from sterling silver, which is 92.5

percent pure silver, along with another metal alloying the silver, usually copper.

In the early continental and Victorian eras, Sterling Silverware was a sign

of wealth, and it was considered elegant to eat with Sterling Silverware. Famous

silversmiths, including American legend Paul Revere, make Sterling Silverware.



Other types

of Sterling Silverware are Sterling Silverware platters and Sterling Silverware

tea sets. A Sterling Silverware tea set usually includes Sterling Silverware

tea cups, Sterling Silverware tea strainers, Sterling Silverware saucers, Sterling

Silverware tea pots, Sterling Silverware platters, and Sterling Silverware teaspoons.

There are also other pieces of Sterling Silverware you may find in a Sterling

Silverware set, such as Sterling Silverware sugar cube tongs, and Sterling Silverware

napkin rings.



Most Sterling

Silverware sets come in a wooden presentation box. Other popular pieces of Sterling

Silverware are Sterling Silverware butter knives that are only sterling silver

in the handle, with the blade being made of stainless steel. This is because

Sterling Silverware is made of sterling silver, a relatively soft metal. Other

pieces of Sterling Silverware that can be made with just sterling silver handles

are pieces such as Sterling Silverware carving knives, Sterling Silverware serving

forks, Sterling Silverware serving spoons, and Sterling Silverware pie servers.



Lately,

Sterling Silverware has mostly fallen out of popular use due to a few facts.

One is Sterling Silverware must be cleaned and polished, and so it is more labor

intensive than steel flatware. Another is that Sterling Silverware is very expensive

due to the relatively high cost of silver. A third reason Sterling Silverware

has fallen out of popular use is that Sterling Silverware is now considered

old fashioned, something a grandmother may have brought out once a decade to

impress some guest, along with her good china.



Because

of these facts, many Sterling Silverware sets are being sold for their silver

content, as children and grandchildren inherit their grandparents Sterling Silverware

sets. These Sterling Silverware sets sometimes sit in a closet or garage for

years not being used, when they can be sold for hundreds, or sometimes even

thousands of dollars.



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