tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post5439998509592266960..comments2024-03-29T04:16:43.389-04:00Comments on Reggie Darling: Baby's Silver, All Grown UpReggie Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-65519805810240992572010-10-15T22:51:19.403-04:002010-10-15T22:51:19.403-04:00I have my husband's silver cup that his mother...I have my husband's silver cup that his mother gave me and another I found in an antique store. I don't use them, but see them when I open a certain cupboard. <br /><br />Some of my favorite sterling charms for my bracelet have the names and inscriptions of previous owners. I actually prefer my collectables with the monograms of others.SKY PRINCESShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754246852792388695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-35594499854239163142010-02-22T22:56:38.076-05:002010-02-22T22:56:38.076-05:00yes, love baby silver at any age!
pveyes, love baby silver at any age!<br />pvepve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-62106740545453443722010-02-12T17:27:01.095-05:002010-02-12T17:27:01.095-05:00I used to think that milk tasted funny when I dran...I used to think that milk tasted funny when I drank it at other people's houses. It wasn't until I was older that I realized it was *our* milk that had a taste of silver to it. I drink my milk out of glasses these days. Silverware (real sterling) is a must, though. There is nothing like the mouth feel of a well made, well designed spoon or fork.<br /><br />I had to buy silver spoons to use before I got some from Mother since my silver service ended up staying with Daddy's last wife. Not sure how much of it I will end up with eventually as I know many pieces have done the suicide dive into the Insinkerator.<br /><br />Did you end up with Mother's Tiffany dumbell and the sterling/ivory teething ring , Reggie, or did Frecky or Sister? I know I didn't, but I remember playing with them.<br /><br />love, your sister HermioneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-13047354063658070842010-02-09T08:16:15.219-05:002010-02-09T08:16:15.219-05:00IO: Thanks for commenting. Yes, aren't the lit...IO: Thanks for commenting. Yes, aren't the little dents and divets appealing? When I had my cup and bowl re-gilt the silversmith was surprised that I didn't want the dents smoothed out.<br /><br />Lindaraxa: Your father's cup is to be treasured, indeed. I buy my supply of Goddards at GH here in NYC.<br /><br />Soodie: Call up your mother and tell her that you will pick it up the next time you visit her!<br /><br />SR2: Once a week, my aren't you industrious!<br /><br />Natasha: Thanks for checking in, I'm glad you use your silver. No sense in storing it away.<br /><br />Frau S: It is time for you to open up that Comstock Load of yours and start using it. "Cleaning with stainless steel"? I assume you are referring to washing silver and stainless steel in the same dishwasher load? If so, I believe it is OK so long as they are separated and don't touch, except for knives which shouldn't ever go in the DW. But, then, I am one of those guys that errs on the side of handwashing anything that I am not absolutely sure shouldn't go in the DW. I don't mind doing it, but then there are only two of us most of the time.<br /><br />Lisa: Great idea to spiff it up! I know from reading your blog that you (as am I) are an auction addict...I would suspect that prices at auction in Detroit may be sufficiently low these days to justify shipping costs in certain cases? Perhaps your mother would agree to store your finds until you accummulate a big enough load to fill a container!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-38187187967985416562010-02-08T21:31:25.544-05:002010-02-08T21:31:25.544-05:001. I have a lovely bookend made from my silver-dip...1. I have a lovely bookend made from my silver-dipped baby shoe that's mounted on a marble stand. It's in decrepit condition and I've been meaning to have it redipped. Now I SHALL.<br /><br />2. I love Dumouchelles! My mother lives in Bloomfield Hills and almost never misses a sale. She used to send me their monthly catalogs; now I just troll through the listings online late at night and ponder whether the wonderful deals would be negated by shipping costs out to Hollywood.Lisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-46394114649412348982010-02-08T15:36:26.889-05:002010-02-08T15:36:26.889-05:00I hadn't used my baby silver, but perhaps I sh...I hadn't used my baby silver, but perhaps I should start to! When I got married, my MIL gifted us her and her husband's family silver. I love it so much, but I'm not currently using it except for company because I heard that cleaning it with stainless steel could damage it. I'm thinking maybe I should switch over to the silver set full time... BTW, thanks for a great blog and hi.Frau Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681618108458612167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-39028240572976394192010-02-07T17:25:14.146-05:002010-02-07T17:25:14.146-05:00I do, I do!!! And I love using it! I am one of the...I do, I do!!! And I love using it! I am one of the lucky ones who also had grandparents with full sets of silver wear; one set for me (for 24!), and one set for my sister!<br />My father and I have the same initials, so passing his baby silver to me will be easy....<br /><br />As everyone keeps saying; use "the good stuff", why wait, everyday should be a festive day!!<br /><br />Love checking in from time to time, you writing is great!Natasha @ Northern Light Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059475901507980212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-52377841076581323322010-02-07T14:51:20.866-05:002010-02-07T14:51:20.866-05:00I absolutely use it all and polish it weekly. And ...I absolutely use it all and polish it weekly. And I love to give Tiffany silver baby items as new baby gifts. You know it will be kept and cherished always.Beth Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443450944645563476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-33555099257312417132010-02-07T11:55:55.882-05:002010-02-07T11:55:55.882-05:00Reggie Darling, this is a fabulous idea! a collect...Reggie Darling, this is a fabulous idea! a collection of them and you could use them as posy vases on a table. i have no clue where mine is, probably stuffed in the back of a cabinet somewhere wrapped in plastic (which is a no-no for silver) at my mother's house. however, my brother proudly uses his as a Q-tip receptacle in his bathroom. it is a perfect size.soodie ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/07685244187423698176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-288991703419956232010-02-07T10:42:06.776-05:002010-02-07T10:42:06.776-05:00I, like the ancient, use my father's cup to ho...I, like the ancient, use my father's cup to hold my toothbrush and like you used it in the past to hold cigarettes and sometimes nosegays. Unfortunately, except for this cup, all our baby stuff was left behind when we left Cuba. I don't think the present guard is using it in quite the same way it was intended for. <br /><br />Goddards's is indeed the best although hard to find outside NYC.You can order online from Gracious Home.comlindaraxahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721286284279902181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-28968722521033639542010-02-07T09:47:44.154-05:002010-02-07T09:47:44.154-05:00LPC: Then you must get it out, give it a polish, a...LPC: Then you must get it out, give it a polish, and enjoy it!<br /><br />P-D: So sorry yours was stolen. It is awful when that happens. I had a pair of gold monogrammed cufflinks that had been passed down father to son from my ggg-grandfather to me stolen shortly after I was given them, also a silver spoon that accompanied them (engraved with each recipient's initials and the date). Still makes me sick to think of it.<br /><br />LA: I recommend Goddard's Silver Polish Foam, works in a twinkle. Get to work!<br /><br />Ancient: Won't you please start a blog, please! I love your stories.<br /><br />BH: How wonderful!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-10700199080124878622010-02-07T09:34:43.634-05:002010-02-07T09:34:43.634-05:00We do! And I love the little dents on the bottoms ...We do! And I love the little dents on the bottoms of the cups and bowls from the years of clattering and banging on high chairs and tables.MKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892196870395579538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-26246857750487420482010-02-07T06:41:33.036-05:002010-02-07T06:41:33.036-05:00I do indeed. As well as my darling baby girls. And...I do indeed. As well as my darling baby girls. And I have seen generations-worth used at parties, a concept I truly adore.The Blushing Hostesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303502206261407536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-65723766505318758002010-02-07T00:04:50.803-05:002010-02-07T00:04:50.803-05:00Silver is beautiful and a constant bother to keep ...Silver is beautiful and a constant bother to keep spit spot. G. polished mine so often but it falls sadly by the wayside now. I still use it- some for jewelry, cups perfect for violas in the spring and larger for buttercups. they do make for great nosegays as you say.P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-55276650145008067502010-02-06T23:40:33.971-05:002010-02-06T23:40:33.971-05:001) Through the vagaries of inheritance, I have bab...1) Through the vagaries of inheritance, I have baby silver, including christening cups, from assorted people dating back to the 1820s. It's a nuisance. (It has to be polished, it's effectively uninsurable, and as someone says above, when it's stolen, you feel as if you've lost something important.)<br /><br />2) All that aside, I most enjoy the baby silver of my spouse's step-father, whom she loathed, justifiably. In some of it, I keep my toothbrushes; other bits are scattered here and there in powder rooms for guests swallowing painkillers on the sly. It's all Tiffany and effusively engraved by people dead for more than a century. (He was a rascal, but I was always fond of him. If Douglas Hofstadter is right, perhaps I am thereby keeping him, however briefly, "immortal.")<br /><br />3) Many decades ago, when my friends and schoolmates had children, I felt obliged to send some bit of silver to mark the event. Then I had occasion to visit one of them, and noticed that there were a couple dozen of those Tiffany barbells in Baby's room. That was the end of silver, for me.The Ancientnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-19161529559813659892010-02-06T23:13:55.449-05:002010-02-06T23:13:55.449-05:00Ah, julep cups...we used them for milk when I was ...Ah, julep cups...we used them for milk when I was a child. I thought that everyone drank their milk from sterling cups as a child. I have a dozen or so today, we use them to drink juleps at Derby Day, otherwise they are perfect for nosegays...Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-963253921533148582010-02-06T22:28:31.461-05:002010-02-06T22:28:31.461-05:00I used to until it all got stolen. Broke my heart!...I used to until it all got stolen. Broke my heart! I also had a lot of old julep cups that my great uncle used to pass out at christmas.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-89121493708792412362010-02-06T21:55:52.672-05:002010-02-06T21:55:52.672-05:00I always WANT to use it, and I never do. My favori...I always WANT to use it, and I never do. My favorite porringer says, Matilda's First Birthday. There's also a little mug and another bowl that I think has putti on it, of all things. I should pull them out, polish them, and put them on a surface somewhere...LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-41951131840898719242010-02-06T19:57:04.163-05:002010-02-06T19:57:04.163-05:00I love our family silver. My baby cups, my husban...I love our family silver. My baby cups, my husbands, julip cups, napkin rings- Thankfully my parents kept it all and we adore using these pieces. There are engraved shot-glasses, small silver riding trophies, small trays and several pewter pieces. We use them through-out the house -even in our powder-rooms. Wonderful post! We even have a silver rattle on the night-stand.......Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767701070804383829noreply@blogger.com