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Skriven 2015-11-01 20:50:38 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 32545 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: silver  was: back
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Hi Nancy,

-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-25-15  21:22 <=-

 NB>  RH>> The pattern first came out in 1924--the year my grandparents got
 NB>  RH>> married so now I'm wondering if it was a wedding present that
 NB>  RH>> she didn't like the pattern of, or what. It's not quite a

 NB> What I was trying to say below was that it probably got a fair bit of
 NB> use, with some of the basic setting pieces missing from the set now...

 NB>  RH>> complete set for 12 but has oddiments like 12 individual butter
 NB>  RH>> knives plus a "master" one, fruit spoons, demitasse spoons,
 NB>  RH>> seafood forks............ quite interesting to see the
 NB>  RH>> assortment.
 NB>  NB>> Those were often available additions to a basic set... If you
 NB> are  NB>> missing bits from the usual knife-fork-spoons, that would
 NB> likely
 NB>  NB>> indicate actual use, since that's when things are most likely to
 NB> go  NB>> missing...  that, or giving away a single spoon or such as a
 NB>  NB>> keepsake... ;)

OK, I see. I'll have to evaluate the set, see how much is actually
useable. From his preliminary cleaning, Steve didn't think too much of
it is in useable condition.


 RH> I'll have to check out Replacements, LTD out of Greensboro. They're
 RH> about a couple of hours from us but we've done business with them
 RH> before. They are well known for having a large inventory of china,
 RH> silver, etc. but, purchasing may have to be put on hold a bit until
 RH> our finances settle out.

 NB> If you aren't likely to be using all 12 settings at a time, you might
 NB> not need to get replacements for the missing ones, as long as you have
 NB> enough full settings for what you would be using... :)  Admittedly, it
 NB> might be easier to find replacements sooner than later... :)

All to be determined over time. We've got good stainless, enough for 16
place settings, so can pull that out to use. We've also got 16 place
settings of 2 (compatable) Corelle sets and a set of good china for 12.


 NB>  NB>> ... Junk will accumulate to overflow space provided for it!

 RH> Isn't it the truth?  (G)

 NB> Sadly, yup...  (G)

 RH> ... Matthew 7:7 |... seek, and ye shall find;

 NB> Eventually... as long as the clutter hasn't overflowed too badly...
 NB> (G)

We're trying to reduce it. If we end up driving out west for the
holidays, we will be able to take some of the things we've gotten from
the house in M'ville earmarked for the girls with us. That will reduce
some of the excess clutter.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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