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Servers and Utensils

 

Don't know your oyster fork from your lemon fork?  It's easy to be confused.  Unless you attended a French boarding school or were brought up in a British palace, you probably aren't familiar with the wide range of special-purpose flatware.  The photos below are from a 1937 book The Story of Sterling.   (For an index of these pieces, click here.)

 

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- spoons

Spoons

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- spoons

Spoons

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- forks

Forks

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- knives

Knives

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- slotted servers

Slotted Servers

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- salad set and cold meat server

Salad Set and Cold Meat Server

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- flat servers

Flat Servers

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- ladles

Ladles

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- olive utensils

Olive Utensils

 

Guide to servers and utensils -- carving tools

Carving Tools

 

Miscellaneous Utensils

 

Child and Baby Sets

 

INDEX (click on a utensil name or server name below to see it)

Tablespoon

Dinner Fork

Salad Spoon

Steak Fork

Dessert Spoon

Lemon Fork

Berry Spoon

Steel

Teaspoon

Oyster Fork

Salad Serving Fork

Game Knife

Coffee Spoon

Ice Cream Fork

Preserve Spoon

Game Fork

Orange Spoon

Dinner Knife

Cold Meat Fork

Meat Knife

Bouillon Spoon

Dessert Knife

Egg Server

Meat Fork

Cream Soup Spoon

Fish Knife

Cake Server

Jelly Server

Soup Spoon

Tea Knife

Cheese Server

Butter Pick

Salt Spoon

Fruit Knife

Pie Server

Sugar Tongs

Salt Spoon Serving

Butter Spreader

Cream Ladle

Baby Fork

Sugar Spoon

Butter Knife

Mayonnaise Ladle

Baby Knife

Iced Tea Spoon

Olive Spoon

Gravy Ladle

Baby Spoon

Salad Fork

Cucumber Server

Olive Fork

Child's Fork

Fish Fork

Tomato Server

Game Shears

Child's Knife

Dessert Fork

Bon Bon Spoon

Steak Knife

Child's Spoon

 

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