Hey everyone, I managed to get out in the afternoon and hunt through the stores. Today was a great one for me personally. I managed to find four different pieces of sterling in three different stores. The first find of the day was the two small dishes in the photo below with a sterling mark on the side. Can someone let me know what these should be called? Are they finger bowls, candy dishes, or something else? They seem too small to be coasters. A bit later in the day, I visited a store that has produced some goodies before. Most everything looked the same except for this goblet I hadn't seen before. Flipped it over and I was shocked to see they marked the price right next to the sterling mark. By far my favorite find of the day, it is International Sterling P664 Lord Saybrook goblet. The afternoon was dull after the goblet for sterling but very active for my non silver purchases. On my final store I sifted through the flatware and pulled out this cool spoon. It is Wallace Sterling "Romance of the Sea."
I think at that size they were probably for mints or nuts (on a properly set formal dinner table, everyone got one of their own, don't you know. )
Nice, finds, Nate! I have a couple dozen of those little dishes. At our house, they were always used as butter pats...
The two little trays are mid 20th century individual ashtrays, sold separately or with a matching cigarette urn, sometimes also a matching lighter, matchbox, etc. Butter pat or nut dish is a much better use for them... ~Cheryl
Thank you Cheryl, I would have never thought of an ash tray, now it makes perfect sense why they are so small.
