Vintage Cutlery Set with Embossed Handles, 24 Pieces in Gold or Silver

A 24-piece vintage cutlery set for six, in mirror-polished gold or silver stainless steel. Every handle carries raised scrollwork, and the forks and spoons finish in a pierced, lace-like tip, so the table looks laid for an occasion before a single dish comes out.

No plain steel that vanishes against a white cloth. Twenty-four pieces in one pattern, so all six places match from the first course to coffee.

Handles with detail you can see from across the table

Most everyday cutlery has a flat, plain handle that nobody looks at twice. Here each one carries a raised pattern of scrolls and a small rose, worked into the steel toward the end of the handle and catching the light as the piece turns in your hand.

The forks and both spoons open out into a cut-through tip, so you see the cloth or the plate through the pattern. The dinner knife keeps a closed tip instead, embossed with the same scrolls in relief, which balances the set without breaking the pattern.

Under all of it the steel is polished to a mirror finish, so the set looks just as good laid out under candlelight at Christmas as it does on a Sunday lunch table.

Four full-size pieces at each of six places

Each setting gets a dinner knife, a dinner fork, a tablespoon and a teaspoon. The knife runs a little over 9 inches long with fine serrations toward the tip, which help with roast meat and steak.

The fork has four long tines, and the fork and tablespoon are both around 8 inches long, so nothing looks undersized beside a dinner plate. The teaspoon is generous too, at over 6 inches, which suits dessert as well as coffee.

All 24 pieces arrive held in place by straps inside a lined case with a carry handle and a clasp. Between dinners the set goes back into the case rather than loose in a drawer, and the case makes it easy to give as a wedding or housewarming present.

Gold or silver, in the same pattern

Gold is the warmer of the two and suits cream linen, candles and a dark red or green table at Christmas. Silver is bright, natural polished steel that sits comfortably with white china and everyday stoneware alike.

Both carry exactly the same pattern and the same four pieces, so the choice comes down to the room and the plates you already own, and either way the table looks finished the moment it is laid.

Specifications

Type: Cutlery set, service for 6

Pieces: 24 in total, 4 per place setting

Material: 410 stainless steel

Finish: Mirror polished

Colors: Gold, Silver

Gold: Gold-tone plating over the steel

Silver: Natural polished steel

Handle detail: Raised scroll and rose pattern; pierced openwork tip on the forks and spoons, closed embossed tip on the knife

Dinner knife: Fine serrations toward the tip

Dinner fork: Four tines

Dinner knife dimensions: 9.1 x 0.8 in (23 x 2 cm)

Dinner fork dimensions: 8.1 x 1 in (20.6 x 2.6 cm)

Tablespoon dimensions: 8.1 x 1.7 in (20.7 x 4.3 cm)

Teaspoon dimensions: 6.6 x 1.4 in (16.7 x 3.6 cm)

Storage: Lined case with carry handle and clasp, pieces held in place by straps

Rust resistant: Yes

Dishwasher safe: Yes

Care

The set is dishwasher safe, though washing it by hand is recommended to keep the finish at its best.

Package Includes

6x Dinner Knife

6x Dinner Fork

6x Tablespoon

6x Teaspoon

1x Storage Case