Silver Flatware - Sets 1900-1940

Set a Gorgeous Table with Silver Flatware Sets From 1900 to 1940

You have worked hard to cook a delicious meal, and you have put out your beautiful vintage china. Now is the time to complete the look with real silver silverware made between 1900 and 1940. You can easily find a vintage or an antique silverware set on eBay.

Types of vintage and antique silverware

There are several types of old silverware. You can find cheap silverware that is plated with silver while the base of the cutlery is a different metal. You can also find pieces marked "coin" on their back. These pieces are made from melted coins and contain about 90 % silver. You also find pieces on eBay that are market "ster.," "sterling," or ".095," on their backs. This old silverware is sterling silver silverware, often called pure silver silverware.

Who were some makers of real silver silverware?

Many companies made pure silver flatware, including:

• Gorham - This Rhode Island company made sterling silver flatware, coin silverware, and regular silverware. The company's goal was to make silverware that the masses could afford.
• International Silver - This company that was started by a cooperative of New England silversmiths made both sterling silver and silver-plated flatware.
• Reed and Barton - This Massachusetts silversmith company was started as Isaac Babbitt, and it made silver-plated and sterling silver silverware from 1824 to 2915.
• Towle Silversmiths - You can find sterling silver silverware that was the official supplier of silverware to all United States embassies worldwide.
• Rogers, Lunt and Bowlen Co - This Massachusetts silver company was renamed Lunt Silversmiths in 1935.

Old silverware patterns from 1900 to 1940

There are many silverware patterns that were first introduced between 1900 and 1940 that you can still find when you shop for vintage and antique silverware on eBay, including:

• Prelude - International Silversmiths introduced this floral garland design in 1939. Pieces have scalloped tips and beveled edges.
• Rose Point - This silverware pattern was introduced in 1934 by Wallace Silversmith. This design based on European needlework has intricate scrollwork and roses on it.
• Francis I - This Reed and Barton pattern features Renaissance-Baroque-style fruit and flower clusters.
• Royal Danish- This Mid-century pattern has simple lines, but each flatware piece has a stylized hole in the handle.
• Fairfax - If you want a simple line design on your sterling silverware, then consider this pattern introduced by Gorham.