A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Acid Etching
A method of customizing a product with an emblem, logo, or seal, etched into an item by transferring a tissue lifting of a logo from a steel engraving plate to an item. A wax resin then surrounds the impression left. Acid is applied to the impression area and eats away at the non-resin exposed areas. The resin is then moved, cleaned, and a permanent etching is left.
All Purpose, XL
Ideal for a variety of serving tasks.
Alloy
A metal resulting from the mixture of two or more metals.
Applied Border
A cast or rolled border design soldered onto a piece of holloware.
Asparagus Server
Designed for serving bunches of long fresh vegetables including asparagus, zucchini, celery, and carrot sticks.
Asparagus Tongs, Individual
Ideal for small servings of asparagus, zucchini, and eggplant.
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Baby Pusher
Special utensil designed to ease the transition from hand to fork/spoon.
Baby Spoon
Specially sized spoon tailored for a baby, 12 - 24 months.
Bar Knife
Citrus fruit slicer. Includes cap lifter.
Bon Bon Nut Spoon
Perfect for serving small bon bons.
Britannia Metal
A silver-like alloy of tin, antimony, and copper first used in 1770. When used as a base metal for electroplating, it is referred to as E.P.B.M.
Bronze Castings
An old world art. Hollow fittings are made by a craftsperson who pours molten metal into bronze molds of fittings, handles, feet, finials, spouts, candleholders, etc.
"Butler" Finish
A mellow surface luster originally the result of years of hand rubbing by English butlers. Today it is imitated by applying a revolving wire wheel to a silver product.
Butter Pick
Designed for individual servings of original or flavored butter balls or butter pats.
Butter Serving Knife
Ideal for butters and spreads.
Butter Spreader
Ideal for specialty butter spreads and pates.
Butter Spreader, FH
features a heavier handle.
Butter Spreader, Paddle Blade
Ideal for butter spreads and pates.
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Cake Breaker
Cuts and serves angel food cake.
Cake Fork
Ideal for desserts.
Cake Knife
For cutting cakes and pastries.
Cake Serving Fork
Ideal for serving desserts.
Cap Lifter
Versatile bottle opening utensil.
Chasing
decorating in high or low relief, achieved by the use of tools which push the surface of the metal into patterns. In chasing, no metal is removed.
Cheese Cleaver
Ideal for slicing large blocks of specialty cheeses.
Cheese Grater
Perfect for grating fresh cheeses.
Cheese Scoop
Ideal for soft cheese spreads.
Cheese Server
Appropriate for serving most cheeses.
Child Fork
Fork sized for a child's easy use.
Child Knife
Knife sized for a child's easy use.
Child Spoon
Spoon sized for a child's easy use.
Chocolate Spoon
For drizzling and serving all kinds of chocolate, including hot fudge and melted white chocolate.
Coffee Scoop
Perfect for measuring the freshest ground coffee.
Coin Silver
In the U.S. up until the Civil War much of the holloware was made from melted coins. These coins were made of silver assayed at 900 parts pure silver to every 1,000 parts - 25 parts lower than the sterling standard.
Cold Meat Fork
Essential for party platters, featuring cold meats and cheeses.
Cracker Scoop
Perfect for oyster crackers for soups and salads.
Cranberry, XL
Larger size and heavier weight than a tomato/cranberry server.
Cream Sauce Ladle
Ideal for serving hearty soups and chowders.
Cream Soup Spoon
A necessity for soups and stews.
Cut-Card
A decorative technique similar to appliqué-work in sewing. Thin sheets of silver are cut into patterns which are then applied as ornamentation.
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Demitasse Spoon
Ideal for serving coffee, tea or other after dinner refreshments.
Dessert Server
Essential for serving most desserts including cakes, pies, and pastries.
Dessert/Oval Spoon
Essential for puddings, ice cream cakes, and other soft desserts.
Die Cutting or Sinking
Process by which a master pattern is reproduced in steel to form a die from which an identical article of a softer metal can be stamped out.
Dinner Fork (Continental Size)
Larger size and heavier weight than the standard dinner fork.
Dinner Fork
All purpose eating utensil for solid foods.
Dinner Knife (Continental Size)
Larger size and heavier weight than the standard dinner knife.
Dinner Knife
All purpose cutting utensil.
Dinner Knife, Old Style Blade
Features a longer blade than our standard dinner knife.
Double Jigger
Great for measuring liquor for mixed drinks.
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Electroplate
Base metals coated with pure silver then electrical currents pass through a plating bath which deposits the silver on the base metal.
Embossing
Decorating process of working on the back of a piece in relief.
Engraving
Designs achieved by cutting the surface of metal by the use of sharp tools, called gravers, which remove small amounts of metal.
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Fancy Serving Pieces
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Final Finish
This hand-polishing step is very precise and affords a smooth, satin finish or a bright mirror finish to the metal. All final polishing is stroked in the direction of the metal's grain.
Finish Butler / Satin
A mellow surface luster produced by a revolving wire wheel.
Fish Fork
Specially designed for eating grilled, baked, or fried fish.
Fish Knife
Ideal for cutting delicate fish.
Fish Serving Knife
Essential for serving all types of fish.
Flat/Lasagna/Kugel Server
Perfect for serving lasagna, raviolis, and casseroles.
Flatware
A term interchangeably used with "silverware" that refers to forks, knives and spoons, etc.
Flatware Banking
Another form of pressing and cutting a thick slab of metal into rough form. Subsequent additional hammer drops define the flatware before rough and finial finishing.
Forging
To shape the metal into place by hammering it.
Fruit Knife
An excellent tool for slicing fruits and vegetables.
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Gold Electroplating
A process for covering a base metal with gold alloy of 10K or more.
Grapefruit Spoon
Specially designed for eating grapefruit.
Gravy Ladle
Suitable for gravies and sauces.
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Hammered Finish
A hammered finish is an uneven finish.
Hand Spinning
Craftpersons called spinners actually pull metal over a form to achieve precise curves and contours. In so doing, a force of up to 900 pounds of leverage is sometimes required.
Hollow Handle or H.H.
Which means two hollow halves are soldered together to form the bottom of a sterling piece. These implements are used in conjunction with stainless steel utensils.
Hooded Asparagus Server
Ideal for serving bunches of fresh asparagus.
Hostess helper Pieces
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Ice Cream Fork
Perfect for ice cream cakes and frozen desserts.
Ice Cream Scoop
Equally good for serving sherbet, ice cream, or frozen yogurt.
Ice Cream Slicer
Ideal for slicing ice cream cakes as well as custard filled cakes and pies.
Ice Scoop
The proper way to scoop ice.
Ice Tongs
For serving ice cubes.
Iced Beverage Spoon
Specifically designed for tall glasses.
Individual Steak Knife
Ideal for cutting steak, ham, or turkey.
Infant Feeding Spoon
Spoon tailored for an infant, 3 - 6 mos.
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Jelly Server
For serving special jams.
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Large Cheese Scoop
For soft cheese spreads, fondue cheeses, and shredded cheeses.
Large Serving Fork, XL
Excellent for serving meats, poultry and, cold cuts.
Lemon Fork
For Serving lemon wedges.
Lemon/Cheese Server
Designed to serve small wedges of lemons, limes, and cheeses.
Lettuce Fork
Designed as a server for smaller salads.
Long Handled Olive Fork
Perfect for larger olives including Greek and marinated olives.
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Macaroni Server
Serves equally well for all pasta dishes, including spaghetti, baked ziti, and pasta salads.
Master Butter Knife
Ideal for butters and spreads.
Meat Serving Fork
Equally good for serving meats, poultry, and tenderloin slices.
Mustard Ladle
Ideal for serving special mustard condiments.
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Napkin Clip
A wonderful way to hold a napkin in place.
Nickel Silver
A metal composition of copper, nickel, and zinc. When used as a base metal for electroplating, it is referred to as E.P.N.S.
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Old Sheffield Plate
Made by fusing silver to both sides of a base metal creating a "sandwich". This method was widely used to produce hollow from 1765 to 1840.
Olive/Pickle Fork
Ideal for condiment trays.
Oxidizing
Method used to accentuate the beauty of ornamentation by applying oxide which darkens the metal. Eventually, a natural oxidation will form on all silver as oxygen in the air reacts to metal.
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Pasta Server
The best way to serve spaghetti, fettuccine, and fusilli.
Patina
The special soft sheen, color, and feel which develops years after using silver.
Pie Server
Stylishly serves seasonal pies.
Pie Server, XL
Serves larger pies
Pierced Serving Spoon
Suitable for vegetables and fruits.
Pierced Serving Spoon, XL
Pair with large serving fork.
Pierced Tablespoon
Perfect for serving foods.
Piercing
Decoration that is achieved by cutting away parts of the metal with cutting dies, punching tools, or by hand with a fine steel cutting blade.
Place Fork
Slightly smaller than the dinner fork.
Place Knife
Used for cutting or spreading; also known as a luncheon knife.
Place Knife, Old Style Blade
Has a longer blade than our standard place knife.
Place Pieces
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Place Spoon
Perfect for cereal, dessert, coffee, ice cream, and fruits.
Place Spoon (Continental Size)
Larger size and heavier weight than our standard place spoon.
Platter Spoon
Essential for party platters.
Pressing
Dies are used in hydraulic presses utilizing as much as 150 tons of pressure to blank or cut unusual designs or geometric shapes that cannot be formed by hand spinning.
Punch Ladle
The correct way to serve punch.
Pure Silver
100% pure silver is too soft to be used alone to make flatware.
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Repousse
Process of embossing metal from the back by hammering then giving further definition to the relief by chasing up from the front. Samuel Kirk introduced this process in 1828.
Rubber Mold Casting
This casting method utilizes a rubber blank in which a design or item is pressed, leaving its impression in the rubber. Molten metal is then poured in the impression while the mold is spinning at a rapid rate in a centrifuge dispelling all excess slag metal and leaving the metal in the mold impression.
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Salad Fork
Slightly smaller than the dinner fork; ideal for a variety of salads.
Salad Serving Fork
Pair with the Salad Serving Spoon.
Salad Serving Spoon
Pair with the Salad Serving Fork.
Salad/Berry/Casserole Spoon
Pair with Salad Serving Fork for serving large salads and casseroles.
Salt Spoon
Perfect for salting all entrees.
Sand Polishing
A finishing process in which a felt or leather spinning wheel removes all marks, creases, and major porous openings. A sand polisher uses pumice as an abrasive between the spinning wheel and the metal item.
Sardine Server
Ideal for serving small delicacies, including sardines, shrimp, and oysters.
Satin Finish
A mellow surface luster originally the result of years of hand rubbing by English butlers. Today it is imitated by applying a revolving wire wheel to a silver product.
Scalloped Berry Spoon
Designed for serving fresh berries.
Serving Pieces
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Serving Tongs
Serves all kinds of long vegetables, fruits, and meat that have been rolled.
Serving/Rice Spoon
All purpose serving spoon.
Shell/Berry Spoon
A classic way to serve blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
Silverplate
A technique of covering a base metal, usually an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc through an electro static process with silver.
Soldering
The attaching of bases, handles, fittings, bowl bodies, etc. by fusing metallic surfaces together with a soldering iron.
Soup Ladle
Suitable for soups and stews.
Soup Spoon (Round Bowl)
Ideal for hearty soups and stews.
Stainless Steel
Alloy composed of steel, iron, chromium and nickel. 18/8 refers to 18% chromium for strength and 8% nickel for luster / shine.
Stamped Border
Machine process in which rolling of a design on a hollowware piece is achieved.
Steak Carving Fork
For serving freshly carved meats and poultry.
Steak Carving Knife
Serves equally well carving steaks, turkey, tenderloins, or ham.
Steel
A form of iron that heat and chemicals remove all impurities leaving pure iron with .2% to 2% carbon.
Sterling Silver
Often incorrectly referred to as solid silver, sterling silver is composed of 925 parts of pure silver and 75 parts alloy, usually copper. In England, 925 is always called silver, not sterling. Each sterling piece should show a sterling mark.
Stuffing Spoon
For traditional stuffing or mashed potatoes.
Sugar Spoon
Essential for sweetening coffee and tea with sugar.
Sugar Tongs
For serving sugar cubes.
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Tablespoon
Ideal for hearty soups, stews and platters.
Tea Strainer
Perfect for straining hot tea bags and holding loose tea.
Teaspoon
(Continental Size) Larger size and heavier weight than the standard teaspoon.
Teaspoon
Slightly smaller than the place spoon.
Tomato Server
Ideal for serving whole tomatoes, sliced tomatoes, or tomato wedges.
Tomato/Cranberry Server
Perfect for serving cranberry slices and fresh tomato slices.
Tripoli
A way to hand-finish metal. This style of polishing removes the course marks left behind by sand polishing, and leaves a smoother finish.
Troy Weight
The unit of weight employed by silversmiths. 1 pound equals 14.58 troy ozs. ; 1 standard ounce is .91 troy ozs.
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Vermeil
Silver which has been gilded.
