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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 209832, member: 360"]This was on sale at my local flea-market for months, and when I bought it, the lady slashed the price by over 1/3. She must've really wanted to get rid of it!! </p><p><br /></p><p>It needs a bit of cleaning done to the silver, but is otherwise in amazing condition. Hallmarks are Birmingham, for 1922! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b4/8d/8e/b48d8e9bce864a1ec64c5c4a429008e2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I hasten to add that the spoons did not come with the set. They were a marriage from my own silver collection. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/54/44/df/5444df21dd70dad10110d3220411fe8a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen a LOT of silver cruet-sets over the years, but they're almost always those bulbous, round, clawfoot Victorian-style ones. Y'know. Like this: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/07/2f/92/072f924a1f494352d5c44eabe2f2211e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is the first one I've seen which wasn't of that style. And I love it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dc/f9/c4/dcf9c43b30e1424e2536111e189c8be7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Hallmarks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 209832, member: 360"]This was on sale at my local flea-market for months, and when I bought it, the lady slashed the price by over 1/3. She must've really wanted to get rid of it!! It needs a bit of cleaning done to the silver, but is otherwise in amazing condition. Hallmarks are Birmingham, for 1922! [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b4/8d/8e/b48d8e9bce864a1ec64c5c4a429008e2.jpg[/IMG] I hasten to add that the spoons did not come with the set. They were a marriage from my own silver collection. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/54/44/df/5444df21dd70dad10110d3220411fe8a.jpg[/IMG] I've seen a LOT of silver cruet-sets over the years, but they're almost always those bulbous, round, clawfoot Victorian-style ones. Y'know. Like this: [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/07/2f/92/072f924a1f494352d5c44eabe2f2211e.jpg[/IMG] I think this is the first one I've seen which wasn't of that style. And I love it! :P [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dc/f9/c4/dcf9c43b30e1424e2536111e189c8be7.jpg[/IMG] Hallmarks :)[/QUOTE]
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