This is a Reed & Barton Flatware set in the Chest, the design is Dresden Rose, Sliverplate 1953. In was bought by my mothers mother. My mother is 85. I do not know how many pieces there are supposed to be. Icounted 55 pcs. I know one fork is missing. These are pictures of the set in the chest.
This poster is colorful and displays countrys which I find hard to believe would be listed on it--Czechoslovakia, Soviet Russia, Yugoslavia...there is a small tear along a fold and a drawing of what looks like a war plane on the back, possibly done by my father.
Swallow & Ariell Ltd Australia's first biscuit company was founded in 1854 by Thomas Swallow. Within five years he had taken in a partner, T.H. Ariell. After Ariell died in 1875, F.T. Derham was appointed partner and managing director in 1877, a position held by several generations of his descendants. By the early 1880s the Port Melbourne factory extended to 3 acres (1.2 ha), and the company owned flourmills and sugar plantations in the Goulburn Valley and Northern Queensland. With no equal outside Great Britain, Swallow & Ariell was the fifth largest biscuit company in the world, manufacturing over 100 varieties, including the common ship biscuit (an original product) and meat biscuits (apparently taken by Burke and Wills on their ill-fated expedition). The company also boasted popular sideline products, including cakes, plum puddings, ice-cream and dried fruit. Renowned for its patriotic fundraising campaigns during both world wars, it diverted most of its biscuits and plum puddings to the Australian and US services in World War II. Company employees were filmed leaving work in 1905 in the Salvation Army film unit's first sponsored industrial documentary film. The surviving opening sequences are held by ScreenSound Australia. The company was delisted on 5 August 1964 following acquisition of more than 95% of its capital by the Australian Biscuit Co. The factory was later registered by the National Trust and converted into units.
MADE IN JAPAN RATHER NOUVEAU STYLE PITCHER.CRACKLE GLAZE WHICH LOOKS LIKE OLD SATSUMA.PROBABLY WW11 ERA.
HAS FLORALS AND WILD BIRD HANDPAINTED ON IT.
THE LID IS ORANGE,AND I LOVE THE WAY THE HANDLE IS INSERTED INTO A SQUARE TAKEN OUT OF THE BODY.THE LID SETS ON A LEDGE JUST BELOW THE RIM.ITS COLORS ARE BRIGHT AND SHARP.WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IFF YOU THINK IT IS SATSUMA OR NOT AND A PRICE.
THANK YOU,V.H.
