Latest Blog Posts for Repousse

• Thinking Outside the Pumpkin.
  on Oct 19, 2011 in Collecting Entertaining Halloween Home Table Settings
  The days are getting shorter and there’s a chill in the air.  That can mean only one thing – it must be Fall.   Time to bring out your umbrella and heavy wool sweaters and think about turkey dinners, jack-o’-lanterns and polishin...
• Desire and the eternal quest.
  on Sep 20, 2011 in Collecting Sterling Silver
  After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true. —Spock Something tells me that Spock wasn’t a silver collector, but even so, his observations about desire wil...
• Repousse – part 2.
  on May 20, 2011 in Collecting History Hollowware Patterns Repousse Silver Companies Baltimore Style Repousse Jenkins and Jenkins Kirk Scholfield Sterling Silver Stieff Tiffany
  Welcome to Repousse - part 2. This post carries on from part 1 where we learned about the repousse silver working technique. In this post, we'll learn how the repousse technique inspired 19th century American silver manufacturers to create entirely...
• Titanic’s Silver Patterns
  on Apr 16, 2011 in History Patterns Silver Companies Arthur Price and Company Elkington Mappin and Webb Silver Titanic Walker and Hall
  Today marks the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the great ship, the RMS Titanic.   Late on the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and within hours she sank into the frigid waters of the no...
• Silver Mystery Solved | Kovels.com
  on Apr 6, 2011 in Collecting Flatware History Home Obscure silver utensils Tableware
  Vintage tableware collectors often come across pieces of unusual flatware and have no idea what they would have been used for. From the Victorian era up to World War II, silver companies produced tableware for practically every conceivable food item...
• Repousse – Part 1.
  on Mar 9, 2011 in History Repousse Silver
  Some of you may have been wondering what the name of this blog, "repousse" refers to. It is a fair question; after all it is not an overly familiar word and yet it is significant enough to be the name of a blog about silver. Repousse is a metal-wo...
• Chaplin Estate Tray Update
  on Feb 9, 2011 in Collecting Sterling Silver Charlie Chaplin Silver
  The large silver tray from the Charlie Chaplin estate I featured in a previous post was re-listed on Ebay in mid-November 2010.  This second auction was more successful – the tray sold for US $5,975.00.   The scrap value is about $4,300.00.
• Gorham Bird’s Nest makes a good nest egg.
  on Feb 6, 2011 in Collecting Flatware Patterns Silver Companies Sterling Silver Bird's Nest Gorham Home Silverware Table Settings Tableware
  Hello everyone!  I suppose it is too late to wish you a Happy New Year?  I hope you have all had a joyful and fruitful start to 2011.  I apologize for my extended absence.  In spite of my best intentions, I have been unable to keep up with my New...
• Deck those halls!
  on Dec 6, 2010 in Collecting Hollowware Silver Care Christmas Home Silver Tableware
  Well, I didn’t get to the Pilgrim and Plymouth patterns for American Thanksgiving.  I’ll let the anticipation build for next year!   We’re now in December – the busiest entertaining season of the year!  If you’re h...
• Mayflower.
  on Nov 25, 2010 in History Patterns Silver Companies Home Mayflower Silver Silver Plate Sterling Silver Tableware Thanksgiving
  In celebration of American Thanksgiving, I thought it might be interesting to look at silver patterns named in relation to this holiday. The early colonists probably dined with wooden utensils, but this didn’t stop later day silver companies from...

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