Choosing a Luxury Cutlery for Your Table
Luxury cutlery when used for a table during lunch or dinner, adds up to an aesthetic look. Sterling silver (SS) cutlery set are one of the most popular luxury cutlery used for table. Sterling silver cutlery is shiny, glossy and gives a regal look. Usually, the prices of SS cutlery are higher than any other cutlery; again due to tarnishing, you need to look after your sterling cutlery very carefully with polishing in regular intervals. Sterling silver cutlery goes well with porcelain dinner sets and also with silver plates. Investing on silver cutlery is worth as it has a longer durability if it is maintained well and people use it for several generations.
While buying silver ones, always look for 92.5% pure silver with a hallmark sign. You can check in various stores with antiques silver cooking accessories and ultra modern styles of cutlery. Most of the sterling silver ones are hand finished with imperial designs. Some of the sets come along with the dinner set of silver; you can either choose to buy a set or the whole dinner set based upon your choice. Most of the antique shops keep traditional old fashioned styles of SS cutlery. Most of the best manufacturers offer a guarantee of around 25 years for their SS products. They also advise the maintenance of the set and its polishing techniques.
Depending upon your table setting, you can choose the SS cutlery. Most of the cutlery sets are pre-packed and include all sorts of knives and spoons in them; some stores give an option to the buyer to select their own set by choosing their choice of table knives and forks, soup spoons, dessert spoons and also the teaspoons. Some stores include various types of fruit, salad and butter knives, fish blades and steak knives with their cutlery sets and allow the customers to choose from them. However, depending upon your requirement you can choose the number of spoons and forks for your table.
Once you buy the cutlery of SS you need to decide the storing place. For sterling silver a suitable container is needed away from moisture. You can also check the luxurious cabinets in various stores in which you can store and display your sets. Try to look out for a cabinet with many shelves so that you can keep each piece of your luxury cutlery set properly without causing any damage.