Individual cake forks are used like dessert forks. The one imaged has a beveled tine.
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Salad forks are used for the salad course served before dinner and are part of the typical 5-piece place setting. The salad fork can also be used for eating hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and other bite size foods.
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Fish knives are used in addition to the fish fork. Often, the fish knife and fish fork are used in addition to the typical 5-piece place setting.
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Soup spoons are great for just about any soup. Soup spoons are smaller than a gumbo spoon and larger than a bouillon spoon. Generally, these spoons have round shallow bowls.
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Dinner forks are part of the typical 5-piece place setting. Dinner forks are used for the entrée course at dinner.
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Long handle cocktail forks are used for the serving of olives or other vegetables stored in tall jars.
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Luncheon forks are slightly smaller than the dinner fork, generally feature straight tines, and are used for meals and gatherings before dinner. Also, the luncheon fork can double as a youth or children’s fork and can be used with the luncheon knife and five o’clock teaspoon.
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Butter knives with stainless steel blades and hollow handles are among the lower-valued flatware pieces.
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Cranberry servers are very similar to tomato servers, and are one of the most beautiful pieces of silver that can be found. The large round flat bowl is used to lift and serve sliced vegetables. The large flat bowl is generally ornate.
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Sterling Silver Handle with Stainless Steel Blade. Luncheon knives are smaller than a dinner knife but larger than a butter knife.
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Fruit spoons are generally the size of a regular teaspoon. The bowl of each piece is slightly pointed and some fruit spoons have bowls made with serrated edges. The fruit spoon is great for cutting into and eating grapefruits, oranges, and halved melons.
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Salt Spoons are the tiniest of pieces, looking almost as though they were intended for feeding an infant.
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Flat handle butter knives are used for spreading butter. Generally, these are used in addition to the typical 5-piece place setting. The butter knife is placed on each individual bread and butter plate at the table.
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Iced tea spoons are generally used to stir iced beverages that are served in tall glasses. They can also be used as dessert spoons for parfaits, sherbets, or ice cream.
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Baby forks are used for serving food to babies or very small children who are able to hold and use their own utensils.
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Pierced tablespoons are similar to regular tablespoons except that they feature a pierced bowl. The pierced tablespoon is used to serve vegetables that need to be drained before serving.
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Gravy ladles are the most common ladle size. Generally, this piece is 6-8 inches in length and can be used to serve gravies or cream sauces.
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Cold Meat Forks are versatile serving pieces that can be used for cuts of meat, cheeses, waffles, chops, and sliced vegetables.
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Cake knives are large serving pieces that are used for cutting and serving cake.
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Oyster forks are used in addition to the 5-piece place setting and are used for the eating of oysters.
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Sugar shells are commonly used with sugar bowls. This piece resembles a teaspoon and has a shell-shaped bowl.
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Pie and cake servers resemble the traditional pie server. This piece is used for the cutting and serving of pie and cake slices.
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Pie servers, like cake servers, are versatile pieces that can be used to cut and serve pie slices.
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Casserole spoons are a lot like tablespoons. They tend to have larger bowls than the tablespoon. Casserole spoons are used to serve casseroles.
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Table spoons are the most versatile piece of silver available. They can be used as serving pieces or as individual spoons. Many people call these Place Spoons. These pieces are great for soups, desserts, entrees, and cereals.
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Dinner knives are among the most versatile pieces in a silver service. Although it is called the "dinner" knife, it's also great for serving butter and/or spreading condiments.
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Gravy ladles are the most common ladle size. Generally, this piece is 6-8 inches in length and can be used to serve gravies or cream sauces.
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Table spoons are the most versatile piece of silver available. They can be used as serving pieces or as individual spoons. Many people call these Place Spoons. These pieces are great for soups, desserts, entrees, and cereals.
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Lobster forks are used with the 5-piece place setting and are shaped much like escargot forks.
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Butter knives with stainless steel blades and hollow handles are among the lower-valued flatware pieces.
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Mustard spoons are used in addition to a mustard jar. Like the sugar spoon, this piece is used for the serving of mustard and other condiments.
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Piccalilli spoons are used for serving piccalilli, or vegetable relish.
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Rice/potato spoons are serving pieces that have large bowls. Generally, rice and potatoes are served in large quantities when served in addition to or as part of an entrée. Usually 8" top 10" in length.
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Asparagus servers resemble tomato servers with a rolled edge that connects to the handle. The asparagus can be scooped using the flat edge and rolled into the curvature for serving.
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Unlike Asparagus servers, this piece has tines and piercings instead of a completely flat bowl.
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Fruit knives are smaller than a dinner knife and are used in addition to fruit spoons.
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Fish forks resemble salad forks and are used for the eating of fish. The tines are usually stainless steel rather than solid sterling silver. Generally, this piece is used with the 5-piece place setting and/or the fish knife.
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Bouillon spoons are smaller than a soup spoon. Generally, these spoons have round shallow bowls.
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Casserole shells resemble casserole spoons. Unlike the casserole spoon, the bowl is shaped like a shell.
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Tomato servers are one of the most beautiful pieces of silver that can be found. The large round flat bowl is used to lift and serve tomatoes. The large flat bowl is generally ornate.
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Demitasse spoons are used to stir strong coffees that are served in small quantities, like espresso or Turkish coffee. Generally, these spoons look like smaller versions of the teaspoon.
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Jam/relish forks, like the ice cream fork, the bowl of this piece is shaped like a teaspoon. The piece is used to serve jams or relishes that need to be drained.
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Long handle cocktail forks are used for the serving of olives, pickles or seafood.
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Cheese spreaders are used for the cutting and spreading of cheese.
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Carving knives are used with carving forks. While carving forks are used to hold the meat in place, carving knives are used to cut the meat.
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Baby spoons are used in combination with baby forks. The size enables a small child to hold his or her own utensils.
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Soup spoons are great for just about any soup. Soup spoons are smaller than a gumbo spoon and larger than a bouillon spoon. Generally, these spoons have round shallow bowls.
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Carving forks are used with carving knives. Carving forks are used to serve pieces of meat while carving knives are used to cut them.
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Pie and cake servers resemble the traditional pie server. This piece is used for the cutting and serving of pie and cake slices.
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Jelly spoons are used for the scooping and serving of jellies and sauces.
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Sugar spoons are used for serving granulated sugar. The spoon generally resembles a teaspoon or a cream soup spoon.
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Sherbet forks resemble an ice cream fork. The piece has a crosshatch that extends between the tines and is used to eat sherbet.
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Teaspoons are perfect for coffee, tea, desserts, cereal, and soups. You can never have too many of these spoons. They are considered part of the standard 5-piece place setting.
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Lemon forks are generally the size of salad forks. These three-tined pieces have tines that point outward and are used to serve lemon wedges.
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Gravy ladles are the most common ladle size. Generally, this piece is 6-8 inches in length and can be used to serve gravies or cream sauces.
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Long handle olive or pickle forks are used for the serving of olives or pickles that are being stored in tall jars.
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Gravy ladles are the most common ladle size. Generally, this piece is 6-8 inches in length and can be used to serve gravies or cream sauces.
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