September Silver Sunday

Welcome to Applejack Lane.   It's Silver Sunday time!  Today, I want to share a few of my favorite sterling pins.  Some were given to me as a high school graduation gift about 43 years ago!

When I was a high school senior, girls in my area were encouraged to pick out a sterling flatware pattern. This is a miniature of Towle's Country Manor.

A family friend whose last name is Rosen gave me the rose pin...

This pin is my favorite.  I have always loved cats...

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July Silver Sunday

Hello from Applejack Lane! It's Silver Sunday time again.  Earlier this year, I posted a Silver Sunday piece on baby and nursery rhyme silver. Click here to see that previous post.  Today, I want to share a few other baby items that were given to my children when they were born.
Monogrammed mugs...

A special monogrammed silver bracelet for a special little miss...

An antique rattle with teeth marks included for a special little boy...

Baby spoon and fork in Country Manor by Towle to match my silver...

All together now...

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Silver Sunday

It's Silver Sunday time.  I have some coin silver spoons that belonged to my Highland County, Virginia grandparents.  I don't know anything specific about them other than in the early 1960's, my grandmother wanted someone in the family to keep them.  Sterling Silver is 92.5% silver whereas coin silver has  90% silver.  These are made in a very simple Federal style. They do have hallmarks on the reverse side, but I have not researched them.  I don't know why there are five and not six or eight.

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March Silver Sunday

It's Silver Sunday at Applejack Lane.  Usually, I show you nicely polished silver pieces, but today I am really stretching it with my collection of tin lunch pails and buckets. These were the forerunners of the modern day lunch box for school children and day laborers of yesteryear.

Three sizes of lunch buckets depending upon one's appetite...

A milk pail...

A shaker either salt or pepper...

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Ring-Ring

Hello!  Welcome to Applejack Lane for the last Silver Sunday of the season.  I am happy to have participated in this and that it will become a monthly event. Today, I want to share my napkin ring collection.  Napkin rings are easy to find and do not take that much space to display. Mine edge the shelves in a corner cupboard in the living room. Most are sterling although some are silver plated and pewter. It is interesting to me to examine the intricate designs and monogramming on them.  Some of the script is so elaborate that I cannot tell what letters they represent.  If I turn some of them upside down, I can see totally different initials. 



 Here are some of my favorites mounded in what else but a silver Revere bowl...

A mosaic with my very favorite in the middle...

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ABC

It's Silver Sunday time.  I have thoroughly enjoyed this party hosted by the Gypsy Fish Journal.  I hope Beth will sponsor this event again sometime in the future.

One of the things I collect is children's ABC  and nursery rhyme plates.  Some are glass; some are ironstone;  some are tin. Some I have bought either at auction or in antique shops, and others have been given to me by friends and family.   Here are some that are "silver" in color.

This tin one has a raised rim and is somewhat like a bowl...

Another tin plate with nursery rhyme figures...

A close up showing the detail on the rim...

This tin plate is fairly common.  I have two. My mother had a plate like this one.  I surely wish that I had hers...

This is not a fine example, but it was given to me by an old family friend who was born around 1910. There is some type of silver coating on this one that is flaking off with age..

If turned just right, you can see the alphabet...

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Piggy Banks

The kids piggy banks needed a little polishing on this Silver Sunday.  Long ago, one of my mother's best friends remarked that Sunday was the day she made the rounds to polish her silver.  How coincidental!

We have a Santa which was a baby gift to  our daughter...

an elephant which was a baby gift to our son...

and a  pig which also belongs to our son ...

Enjoy your Silver Sunday!

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Silver Dresser Items

Welcome to Applejack Lane.  We have many  sterling silver grooming items that have been passed down to us.  This hodge-podge collection rests on an antique dresser in our bedroom. Not a single item has a match.  I just saw a wonderful matched collection on eBay with a starting bid at almost $1500!  Wow!  I sure wish ours matched!

A hand mirror, hair brush, clothes brush, and tortoise comb with monograms...

The mirror is dated 1899...

A few grooming utensils:  a shoe horn, button hook, cuticle tool, nail file, brush, and crystal jar...

The button hook is great to scratch my back!

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Children's Silver Spoon Collection

I love silver.  I know it takes a lot of work to maintain, but I have been very fortunate to have acquired some very nice pieces.  One of my silver collections consists of  curved feeding spoons, and  fork and spoon sets.  I like to look for nursery rhyme pieces or pieces that have animals on them.  It doesn't take much room to store and display these.  Come take a look.  (Pardon my pictures as I am not the greatest at photographing silver.)

First for the curved feeding spoons...

A Nursery rhyme spoon-This Little Pig Went To Market...

A curved feeding spoon with the alphabet in the bowl and monogrammed Beverley...

A curved spoon featuring a rabbit on the handle...

A Little Boy Blue fork with Steve monogrammed on the back......

This fork and spoon set was given to me by  special friends when our son was born...

 My husband's feeding set given to me by my mother-in-law...

And an ABC set with kittens and monogrammed WBG on the back...

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