ANTIQUE SILVER FLATWARE / STERLING SILVER CUTLERY
At Bryan Douglas Antique Silver, we have a very wide range of old and antique English sterling silver cutlery in many different patterns. Before you contact us with your antique silver flatware requirements it may be helpful to look at the following checklist. This will give you an idea of the extent of our flatware range and allow us to serve you more efficiently. We can then provide you with a firm price quote for your antique silver cutlery based on the answers.
· Decide on the Pattern - certain flatware patterns are harder to find if you want antique silver. For example the Fiddle pattern is a much easier set to buy and add to than the Queens pattern because there was a lot more of it made. The following thumbnails of antique silver flatware patterns give you a flavour of we have (click on these to receive a larger image):
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Old English |
Old English & Shell |
Old English & Thread |
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Fiddle |
Fiddle & Thread |
Fiddle, Thread & Shell |
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Rattail |
Chippendale |
Sandringham |
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Bead |
Kings |
Queens |
· Decide on the Number of Place Settings - then consider how many people you want to cater for. i.e. 6, 8, 10, or 12 place settings.
· Decide on the Pieces within Each Place Setting - think about which pieces you need within your silver cutlery place settings i.e. choose a combination of the following:
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Table Fork |
Table Knife |
Table/Soup Spoon |
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Dessert Fork |
Dessert Knife |
Dessert Spoon |
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Fish Fork |
Fish Knife |
Tea Spoon |
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Fruit Fork |
Fruit Knife |
Coffee Spoon |
· Choose any Extra Serving Pieces - such as a pair of sauce ladles, large serving spoon, soup ladle, and/or fish serving knife & fork.
· Decide on the Age of your Service - finally, decide on how old you want your antique silver flatware set to be bearing in mind the following point. Prices will increase dramatically for equivalent silver sets the older they are. This is because it gets much harder to find an original set, with serving pieces, by the same maker and all the same date.
As an example, an Old English pattern hand-made silver flatware set from the Georgian period will cost on average two to three times the price of an equivalent cutlery set from the early 20th Century. This is purely because the former is rare and is very sought after.
We hope that this helps you but please do not hesitate to contact us with any specific requirements or questions that you may have concerning any antique silver flatware or silver cutlery sets.
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