William IV Sterling Silver Asparagus Server
Thu 28 Jun 2007
Here is yet another spectacular single use sterling silver implement from my sister’s collection. This one is a gorgeous asparagus server which is designed to 
scoop under several spears of asparagus then gently hold them in place with a flat top portion and transfer the asparagus to one’s plate. Note that there is a little “lip” in the upper silver paddle so that the asparagus don’t slip out easily. It is really quite stunning to behold, with intricate patterns in sterling silver. An English William IV antique, it dates back to 1830 or so. Yipes, that is OLD?! Frankly, I think this is a very useful utensil, particularly if you serve asparagus often…
With its beauty, vintage and useful features – real collector’s prized possession!
June 28th, 2007I can’t believe your sister’s collection! She must have enough of these exquisite single-use implements to fill a museum.
June 28th, 2007What an ingenious tool! Some of the other single-use implements you’ve featured could actually be easily replaced by another implement, but this one really would do its job much better than what we would normally use. It’s too bad it didn’t catch on.
June 28th, 2007And it looks almost new!
June 28th, 2007That is a beauty!
June 29th, 2007wow-ang ganda naman! share ko lang may experience with asparagus years ago…i bought some in the market and called a spanish friend to ask him how to cook them, he said boil them then wrap it with ham and pur some butter on it. He didn’t tell me I had to peel them first..so it wasn’t so nice. malay ko ba? Ang alam ko lang na asparagus sa atin, nasa bote.
June 29th, 2007Very funny, nuno..
Bottled asparagus is not for humans.
June 30th, 2007