Necessary Silver for the Bride of 1911

An assortment of contemporary spoons helpful for a busy household. From left to right: an iced tea spoon, a continental-sized oval soup or “pudding”/dessert spoon, American-sized oval soup spoon or dessert spoon, a bullion spoon, a continental or 5 o’clock tea spoon, a 4 o’clock tea spoon, a demitasse or “after dinner coffee” spoon. 

Wedding Gifts

The necessary silver for a bride is four sets of spoons, which include table spoons, dessert spoons, tea spoons and after dinner coffee spoons; four sets of forks, including oyster forks, and two sizes of steel knives with silver handles and also silver butter knives. If the carving is to be done on the table two sets of carvers. will be needed: Any of these will make acceptable wedding gifts.– Good Form, Riverside Enterprise, 1911

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