Antique Silver Bon-Bon Server
There will be several posts in this on-going series “Marketman does New York 2007” that will feature what my sister refers to as “single use implements”… utensils or china 
that are designed for a single purpose only. All of these would fall into a “non-essentials” category for most folks — but they are beautiful, useful for their intended purpose and often highly prized as collectors items. Along the lines of the silver grape scissors or the silver candle snuffer that I featured on this blog before, these luxuries are not for the utilitarian and practical minded only. If these posts seem frivolous to you, I suggest you just shake your head slightly and skip the posts altogether rather than getting all hot and bothered about them and firing off a nasty email to me. So what do we have here? A stunning 1870’s Tiffany & Company antique sterling silver bon-bon spoon or server. It is a medium sized spoon with a wide oval shape designed to pick up bon-bons, sweets, candies…
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mashed potatoes and a ratatouille (or zucchini and tomato vegetable dish). A large dollop of mashed potatoes also bathed in gravy and this was just heaven for me. The veal was incredibly tender and the taste…fantastic! U.S. veal is much better than say Australian veal, in my opinion, and I am not sure if it is because they are actually milk fed (the color of the meat is also incredibly pale), the type or content of the feed, or what? The Australian veal you find in Manila on rare occasions is almost as blood red as beef… At any rate, in a later post, I shall discuss the shortage of beef currently plaguing the U.S. market, leading to incredibly high prices for veal and beef… Gosh, I really wish someone would import some decent veal roasts into the local market… And oops, I forgot to ask my sister what the China was used that evening, a flowery pattern on a Spode? perhaps plate…
sure they are really cold before squeezing. If necessary, throw them into a bath of icy water for half an hour or so before making the juice. Then squeeze on an electric or manual juicer, taking care not to overdo it as including some of the pith can make your juice somewhat bitter. Serve straight up (no addition of ice cubes that will dilute the flavor) and enjoy… In this case, the glass is as much of a marvel as the juice… the high lead content brilliant cut American crystal from the late 1800’s is a beautiful way to show off the juice. I didn’t realize there was a brief and stunning tradition of high quality crystal manufactured in the U.S., but my sister who is an avid collector of tableware let me use this glass for the photo… in the days ahead, I will also feature several other unusual plates, silver pieces, etc. that are also from her fantastic collection…
