Q: I’ve always been a bit curious about my tea service. The family story is that it was given to my mother in the 1940s by a relative so that she would have something that came from Moore Hall, the ...

At the end of September, a silver relic of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s will be going up for auction. Shackleton’s name conjures images of the frozen Antarctic and exploration, but this item is a far more ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, January 16, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The world of antique silver tea sets and flatware goes beyond mere metal and monetary ...

A silver tea service once owned by an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer is to go under the hammer for the first time. The set, originally owned by Sir Ernest Shackleton, will be offered at auction on 30 ...

An Edwardian silver tea service once owned by Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) has sold for £20,990 at London auctioneers Roseberys. Two bidders in Ireland and the UK competed by phone, ...

Once upon a time, sterling silver flatware and receptacles were de rigueur items for the upscale home. Tea sets were lovingly handed down from generation to generation and proudly displayed in the ...

My parents are financially well off and as a family we have a lot of old family heirlooms and property. I am one of three kids, the only daughter and a single mother. My mother has quietly given me ...

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A silver teapot set found on a trip to Mexico started a 46-year hobby of collecting for a Toronto woman. Jean Hong Pilon, 68, has filled her 1,000 square-foot, two-bedroom condo with about 470 tea ...