The Democratic advocate., 1891-05-02
UNIQUE SILVER SERVICE.
Description of the Testimonial 10 BE
Given To Senator German.

The testimonial to United States Senator
German is now rapidly approaching compile
lion, and will be presented to him at a general
reception to be held about May Is. The
testimonial consists of a full dinner service of
solid silver, numbering 30 odd pieces. The
whole service weighs about 900 ounces, and
will cost from 81, 900 to $1,000.
The service complete is formed of Il testi
mona centre piece, for flowers or fruit, and
salger, both unique desgnsi soup tray and
waiter, terrapin tureen, four vegetable dishes,
a meat dish and game dish, two entree dishes,
four compotes, two water pitchers with wait
ers, bread tray, celery tray, four burnt almond
dishes, two olive dishes and numerous spoons.
The testimonial piece is 1871 inches long, 10
inches across and 81 inches high, and Of ir-
regular oval formation. The salver on which
the piece stands is 81! inches long and IA
inches across These pieces are typical of
the soil and water products OF the State. The
testimonial is wrought in rich repOusse work,
showing the tobacco plant, the Baltimore
oriole bird, wheat, corn and golden rod, and
on one side is the Maryland coat of arms.
The salver is typical of the products of the
Chesapeake bay. Around the rich repousse
border are the diamond back terrapin and
the crab, with swan, canvas back ducks and
fish near by. Oyster hoats are seen dredging
and a sportsman is knocking over the flying
canvas backs. Water lilies, water crosses,
celery grass, cat-tails and other aquatic
growths separate the varied designs.
In the centre of the salver the inscription
win be placed. The soup tureen is Ia! in,
ches by inches and III inches high. Its
waiter is 2ll inches long, l34 inches wide, OF
oval shape, with 3S inches border. The ter.
rapin tureen is Is inches long, Il wide, 81
high. 1t is oblong in shape, stands on four
richly carved feet, with spirit lamp between
them. The handle to the top is COW terra
pin full Of eggs. This tqreen will hold one
and a.half gallons of cooked diamond back,
which at present prices would cost about $50.
The four vegetable dishes are oval shape, u
inches long, inches wide, inches high, and
set flat on the table without feet.
The meat dish is a broken oval, with hand
some border of flowers. 1t is 20! inches long
and 133 wide. 1t has a plain polished centre.
The game dish is similar but smaller. The
dishes are all very fine and of unusual design
and shape. The polished centre where the
food is placed is circular, and the very heavy
and rich border makes the utensils of irregu-
lar shape, which may be called either broken
| square or bent circle. The dimensions are
for the inner circle . inches and the outside
measure Of all l4i inches.
| The four compotes, for bon-bons or sugar
plums, stand 81 inches high, will hold about
a half pound each, and are in themselves
beautiful ornaments. Wild roses, rose leaves,
Japanese chrysanthemums, daisies, forget me-
nots and other flowers compose the bodies Of
these dishes. The water pitchers are both
of classic form. One is Etruscan and the
other Hebe They stand 1G inches high
and each has circular waiter. The bread
tray is oval and fat with grapevine handles.
The tray is l4i inches long and 81 inches
| wide.
The celery tray resembles an Eastern Shore
oyster canoe or dugout. 1t has sharp ends
and considerable depth, is u inches long and
81 inches wide. Four burnt almond dishes
add beauty to the general assortment. They
have polished centre and rich bank Of
roses and ferns for their borders They are
63 inches long and inches wide. Two oliv,
dishes are small. They stand about u
inches high and are A inches across. The
soup and ,errapin ladies, vegetable and othe
spoons are of the latest design, heavy anc
handsome. with repousse handles.