Your silver tea service
Feb 22, 2016 | 7:03 pm
#5
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Your silver tea service
That's what you get on a British Airways flight in first class, right?
Feb 23, 2016 | 4:41 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Ours was a gift when we married over a decade ago. We've never used it for service, nor polished or dusted it, though my mother has been known to do both on her annual visit.
We keep it displayed in our dining room cabinet. It really is beautiful
Feb 24, 2016 | 11:01 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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So not our sort thing. The antique porcelain sets produce a far better cup, and they don't need polishing. Of course, one must supervise the staff* closely to make sure it doesn't get chipped due to careless handling when washed.
As to when we last used one, well, this morning, of course.
*how a teenager who is required to do the dishes perceives himself
Feb 29, 2016 | 9:28 am
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Yes, really. I've been waiting for the butler to polish it, but he's failed to show up for work for the decade I've been in this house.
Mar 3, 2016 | 4:06 pm
#14
Join Date: May 2005
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From the time I was about 6, it was my job to help Dad polish the silver. Every year the weekend before Thanksgiving we'd polish the whole lot of it, a task which took about 5 hours. I was quite glad my mother left the tea service to my nephew. I have very little silver, preferring Lenox, Delft and various Bavarian porcelains.