In a previous episode, I decided I didn't need the set of Pier One silverware that had supplemented the Fleur de Luce I was already using. So this episode is about the Fleur de Luce (FdL) itself. . Recap: both are being replaced by my mother's "good" silverplate in the Queen Bess pattern.
The FdL must have entered my life, as so many objects have, by way of my brother's estate. I honestly don't remember. I just know that at some point, while I was still living in the apartment, I built my set off of eBay, and it's been my everyday silverware for more than 10 years. It's perfectly nice. And I am keeping a few pieces - small tea spoons, the butter knife, and some serving pieces. Here it is worth repeating one of my show's themes, that I don't entertain much, no one cares what my silverware looks like, so I might as well keep, and NOT keep, whatever I please. I have other random stuff, too - the spoon in my sugarbowl is yet another pattern, one whose name I don't recall at the moment. And I have five or six pieces of my Dad's favorite silverware, from the Santa Fe railroad. That little bit has large spoons the QB set lacks, so all is good.
Theoretically the FdL is "worth something." I've got a few pieces listed on eBay, but there don't look to be any bites, so this pile may get a little bigger. It's going in the donation box, and hopefully someone who recognizes it for what it is will score a good deal.
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