The Elegant American Table, LLC

10/09/2021

Ready to rock and roll... come on down.

10/09/2021

I might have overpacked...

02/28/2020

NEW YORK CITY — Alphonse Mucha’s (1860-1939) Art Nouveau masterwork, “Precious Stones,” 1902, one of his best sets — and one of the rarest — sold for $192,000,

10/22/2019

Times change. I know I mostly do pretty casual dinners. . . I just use the good stuff because I have it. What matters is being with good friends. . . not the caliber of flatware!

Like many things millennials "killed," the dinner party has simply adapted for the post-recession era.

10/02/2019

Long time, no post. . . but this is a riot!!

"When the new bride completely bypassed Repousse by calling it “too fussy,” the mother-in-law knew the marriage wouldn’t last. And it didn’t."

According to the hilarious, tongue-in-cheek book, A Southern Bell Primer: Why Princess Margaret Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma, “some people are born with silver spoons – Southern belles are born with silver patterns.” My family’s silver pattern is Grande Baroque by Wallace, and my Grandm...

07/03/2019

The antique biz is not all glamour :-p. Today I polished up a bunch of old silver for the eBay store. The set of six little forks are for strawberries. . . Who knew you needed strawberry forks!

04/14/2018

Well the weather outside is MISERABLE. . . but there are plenty of shiny things in my eBay store. Lots of silverplate recently added and considering the weather probably some pattern glass will be added tomorrow! Stay warm folks :-)

Items in store on eBay!

03/24/2018

Spent the morning working on cleaning up some Swedish silverplate from my father's side of the family. Leaning a lot about Swedish silver lately:-).