Silverplate settings

 Thanksgiving is right around the corner.  

Are you hosting dinner this year?  

I like to set a formal table and this year I have some new additions,

 including a complete set of Roger Bros 

silverplate flatware that I got at auction this summer.
If you want to set a fancier table, 
here is a solution on how to get that look.
First of all, consider silver plate.

 My "new" pattern is  called "First Love". 

Silverplate is an inexpensive way to give your table a fancier look. 

 You can find a complete set on eBay for well under $100. 
My set came from an auction house.

 This group of flatware was all dumped onto a tray 

and I didn't think twice about it until I saw no one was bidding on it.

  So I was able to get it all for $10~

later on at home I counted all the pieces and I was thrilled.

 It had dinner and salad forks, teaspoons and soup spoons, knives, 

butter knife, and about ten serving pieces like a ladle, 2 meat forks,  2 large spoons,  a large pierced spoon, a fish server and sugar spoon.  

It was a complete set of 8 settings, shy one dinner fork, 

so I went looking on eBay and found a pair of 

First Love dinner forks and bought them for $15 to complete the set.

 I'll be setting the table with the Clarice Cliff 

purple transferware in rural scenes set I bought from eBay this summer too.

 Lots of miscellaneous pieces of silver plate 

and purple transferware will be on the table as well.

 I like to pull everything out of the cupboards

 and see what needs to be done~polishing and ironing...

 A large carving board in a reticulated plated tray
 with wooden handles was found antiquing. 

 Tina, from the Enchanted Home posted on some 

gorgeous meat trays almost like this one~

but their price was $650~ 

a far cry from $20 at the antique coop.  
These old fashioned traditional pieces can be found for a song.

 Ebay and antique shops and auctions are

 great resources for finding those serving pieces for your holiday table.

I am still on the hunt for a big turkey platter in purple transferware.

Let me know if you see one anywhere please!

 Let the polishing begin!
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