Middletown transcript., 1874-11-21

II was but ! little before the. Amsfi.
can, Ban ReFolution (.bcas bog l76ol J Ihat silyMsg III
Tablespoons, began to ssxslads- shssp ~
seod,ehorn and spsvtss, ,sfs1 4hssilass
n she esality ID Esglisa, ard d'evssi tssi
spoons Of silver aatsa1 a1saia a. I hays Sd
rare before the time of Queen. ,Aeas
(l6ol TO lsls.}r Tssths days ~ asa
rightly siafernsds ne spsoss ossj3aisik
yer. hrss or sn.ll;s nseh 'ls;as isilts3
forks, are % ts found siin common PES y
among the ...plain peep1ss Gishsr.ss
exeepsions3 Of AR Enrdpsans noqperyq
In the United Ststes. ON The scSstrsfy,
il is unnecessary to inform 'ths' Ansfi!!
can leader. Of seri5isr that q q Issiruls5
the farmer is. bat thrifeless eandsithe,
meshanicE bat a journey nan, ivhos.s
spoeas and perhaps forks sre rotor solid
silver The jourdeymann furnishes hi,
table with plated articles Of this class,
or at Nsrst brit.aesia. spd only tie rude
day aiaborer contents himself with tipnad
or pewter ware.-aP Plated tea-services.
casters, salvers, pitchers, ladies, cake
and frnit.basksts; lstess irs teo .esmmon
to b. notissa, esnless' xanting:s on tie
t.biss u thssss IN a1.y circumstance.
and it is no rare distinction II shey are
Of solid. .eilseA IL. faes fsrshridat gifts
nothinglaass6an saslidrsilvsr 10 thoussss
rsspsctable5 and IN this way. 80 univer.'
sal has the custom Of. bridal gifts bssonn
hardly any .csmfortables young couple
now begin housekeeping without ., fair
show Of genuine table silver, as fafsat
least as spoons. forks, buttsr.i fruit, pie
and ashsknivss, napkin-rings, and such
triaes. -.
The beauty Of the ordinary Amsricap.
table. with it, snswy danask and ehinas
sparklins cut-glass. and lustrous utSn
sils of silver. al disposed in the tastefai]
.ymnetry native 70 the American, house,
wite. i : power. and one that gees too
near the springs of moral - we'll ~
psthstio cultsrs 70 Be lightly esteemed
BY the most serious observer. The ds.]
velopment Of this browning symbol oil
domestic re6sement 10 worthy Of seur
atsantion. A critical josrnsl has ~
marked that an Americsn slsdyS idsf1
Of dinner 10 : handsome service ot
silver and china. With two or thrse Sasesa
Of choice hos-houss aowerA Isuppss+
isoHas I typical Amsricsa lady. smosf
the "plain people," too. who stated q
me the element Of meal IS isb.
understood il. ,ip the following series !:
First. order including elegance and
good attssdahee); second. intsllsctual
con ssrsation; and lastly, sSiiethf1g to'|
eat ta1 ,sse'ssd @al 4oJu 'ssq sni .
Plated ware originated ip, England
about the middle Of the last oentufy the
6rst,applioalion having beeus made 10
small articles in 1742. BY Thomas Bols
sover, 4 Sheffield mechanic. The new
elegance brought within the, means apd
supposed proprieties of the middle class. |
took thesnams Of sheffield Plate p not
from the process of plating. but from
the siiver!of, which il was an imitation. |
Plate. in thi. sense, ia not our Saxon
word cognstso with fiat, bnt svas bor.
roved from the Spanish plata. (silvei)3
and applied to all utensils made Or the
precious metals, in whatever form.
TO our. elderly readers !" Shs1Rsldd
Platen will still have . familiar sound 2
for under this name ths beauty Or silver |
was first poPularised in, Amerios, ,sasd |
to far srsaterd extent ithaa ossan sisI
Eaglaud.s Probably the Shsfiela ssa
Birmingham manufacturers q plated
ware at one period exported more goods
to this country than they .old a home.
A further and greater .adyapeei vasI
made in 1888, by She. invsutiona os
elsctfo-plating. Or rather tlts1 ipfscticsl
application Of the method which had
been known. hut strangely neglected,
for thirty years. At one stroke plating
was greatly reduced in cost. it, sppk-.
cations indefinitely extended. spd5 iss
effects iseemparably imprsssd.4 Every
body in America is nov sfsmilisf Sitbf
the ordinary wares Of our nansfoni
electFo-platips companies. and there is
hardly . cottage worth two hundred idot, |
lars in the country where lsueA yares1
are not found; although the Irisk plat
ing Of the Elkiutons in England sspd
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