Nanny, your lovely silver may remain a mystery - I have several pieces without a maker's mark that I doubt I will ever identify. Many were made by small shops that sold to jewelers to stamp as their own or they did job work for larger companies. Is there anything that resembles a 'W' inside the triangle? The maker that comes to mind with that symbol is William Wilson & Sons of Phila (1893-1909). They produced very high quality work & your forks seem to fall into that category but it is an off-the-wall guess without seeing the closeup of the triangle. I've looked through 2 pattern books & didn't come up with an exact match. Regardless, enjoy your silver - & don't worry about who its father was! Master butter knives are larger (about 7-1/4" long, all-silver, & usually with an offset handle) & were used to take butter from the serving dish & place it on one's individual bread & butter plate. The individual spreader (approx 5-3/4") that accompanied the B&B dish was usually flat & used to spread the butter onto the roll or whatever. Large patterns sometimes offered the choice of all-silver spreaders or hollow handled with a plated blade, but either way, the spreaders are smaller & have more rounded tips than the Master Butter Knives. Sorry I can't give you better id of your forks.

I bought a ceramic piece a few years ago, because I just loved how it looked. On the inside there was a stamp/signature and I am just curious if anyone could help me figure out the name of the company/artist. Can anyone identify the maker of this? Or at least a relative time period in which you think it was made? I do not know enough about ceramic/sculpture antiques, so I was hoping to start here. -Thank you.

Wonder why the pro chose to say 'details in maple'. The majority of that kitchen is white quartersawn oak which describes the job much more accurately. Maple is so generic compared to QSO. And the first picture, just because it's reddish doesn't automatically mean cherry. I've seen maple and birch both stained that red. It could be a mix of several stains too. I had a cherry kitchen many moons ago all the casings, baseboards and closet doors were color matched but in poplar wood. The pro is an architect...I think that's why he hasn't answered the questions. Architects don't usually get in to the fine details. Some do..but in my experience, most don't. I don't think this is high end cabinet line either...shows no customization....sizes look standard and they used cabinet parts to work around the hood/cooktop area. It looks like stock or semi-custom. If I had to make guess, I'd say could be KraftMaid "Amhurst" doorstyle w/ matching drawer style in maple or birch with a reddish finish like Chestnut. Or a cherry wood in autumn blush.

Just curious who made them, as I'll probably sell them. While I appreciate them for their artistry and craftsmanship, they don't work so well for my home.