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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 04-20-2006 11:51 AM This three piece dessert or youth set belongs to Jersey. It is pictured on page 143 of Ian Pickford's "Silver Flatware,English, Irish And Scottish 1660-1980". Pickford states: Canova This pattern was first produced in about 1850 and exhibited by Chawner & Co. at the Great exhibition in 1851, being based on Canova's 'Hebe', 'Sappho' and the 'Dancing Girl reposing'. It appears to have been produced only for dessert services and even these are very rare. Building anything but a dessert service would be impossible and even this would be difficult. He pictures a spoon, fork, knife, berry spoon and grape shears. Jersey's three pieces have the Chawners makers mark and the year mark for 1871-72. All of the pieces are decorated on both sides and the knife is decorated on both sides of the blade. IP: Logged
outwest Posts: 390 Registered: Nov 2005	posted 04-20-2006 12:20 PM Those are gorgeous. IP: Logged
Dale Posts: 2132 Registered: Nov 2002	posted 04-20-2006 01:52 PM The general theme, and close copies of the images, appear in Reed and Barton's silverplated 'Pearl' pattern. It looks like a case of 'overzealous admiration on the part of R&B. IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 04-20-2006 03:14 PM Hello Richard! I thank you so very much for putting my pictures together. I must tell you a friend was instrumental in finding these pieces. I had fallen in love with them after seeing them in Mr. Hood's book on Tiffany Silver. Then began the quest to find them. It was the intricate workmanship that just blew me away. I love any unusual examples of flatware & holloware. I must tell you I do use the set on holidays and the knife is a sharp as any I have ever used. My biggest fear is that the gold will wear off, is there anyway to prevent that? Outwest thank you for the compliment! Thank you again for posting them for me. Jersey IP: Logged
Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 04-20-2006 04:08 PM Hood shows three examples of this pattern: A dessert fork, a dessert knife and an ice cream spoon. Every piece seen in this pattern is gilded. Jersey, The gold will not wear off if you use these pieces properly and if you don't polish them. When they "darken" use either lighter fluid or glass cleaner and rub with a soft cloth. Also, and I say this with great hesitation, in certain cases silver dip may be used. (Rule of thumb, never use silver dip on exposed silver.) When done rinse and wash with soap and water. [This message has been edited by Richard Kurtzman (edited 04-20-2006).] IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 04-20-2006 07:15 PM Hi again Richard! Thank you for input on cleaning them when they darken. WOW! Lighter fluid or glass cleaner is a new one on me. Does that apply to all gold wash or gilded items? The continued quest is for the ice cream spoon, though it looks like what I usually call a sugar shovel. The matching chalice & bowl as shown in the Victoria & Albert Museum would be nice too!!!!! Alas I am a dreamer........but dreams do come true sometimes!!!!!! Jersey IP: Logged
William Hood Posts: 271 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 04-25-2006 01:17 AM This thread has just come to my attention. To learn much more about the "Canova" pattern and its artistic and social context, see "Exceptional Nineteenth-Century British Flatware, Including a Rare Canova Pattern Dessert Set," Silver Magazine, March/April 2004, pp. 18-27. IP: Logged

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