We've had some old silver spoons and forks sitting the drawers at Struan Farm for years now, gathering dust and turning black. They are monogrammed with an "R" for "Robertson" and are most likely silver plate (the marks indicate "EP" which I think means electroplated). Not sure what happened to the knives, so it's not like we can really use what we've got for dinner place settings. John thinks the knives would have had bone handles. We do, however, have some proper soup spoons, so I decided that John and I could use those for a recent supper of parsnip and kumara soup. The silver polish was pulled out, elbow grease applied and the tarnish disappeared.
This brought us to a discussion over supper about whether or not they belonged to John's parents (wedding present?), or to his grandfather, Sir Carrick. John doesn't remember. I will get to the bottom of it eventually, or maybe not, since a number of family members have already reported back that they have no idea about them. There are marks I can research, but then again maybe we don't need to know, and it's just best to use them for what they are: spoons and forks.
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