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New life for silver plate pieces

While visiting with family in New York City over the Thanksgiving holiday, we went to the site on the Upper West Side where the Macy's parade balloons are inflated. Next door was the New York Historical Society Museum & Library so we dropped in. In the gift shop were several wonderful chandeliers that are great examples of how to repurpose items. Click on the photo to see a larger example. You can see other examples at our blog, SilverChatter.com.

Been wondering what to do with those old silver plate pieces? Now you know!

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, Sterling Silver Examiner

Jim Stringer runs a family-owned business, Georgia Silver, in Atlanta, Georgia, that buys and sells sterling silver pieces. He also is the author of a blog, www.SilverChatter.com, that discusses issues related to sterling silver with topics ranging from cleaning silver to pattern identification....

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