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Discover a vintage piece of ephemera featuring the exquisite Minuet Service by International Sterling. This original ad showcases a full suite of elegant flatware, including dinner knives, tea spoons, soup spoons, individual pastry forks, and dinner forks, all rendered with a timeless design. The reverse side provides a comprehensive price list for various individual pieces and sets, detailing options for every course from fruit to dessert, along with serving pieces like olive spoons and carving sets.
This historical ad offers a fascinating glimpse into the luxury goods market and design aesthetics of the 1920s to 1930s. The descriptive text highlights the Minuet design's inspiration from the 'Early American' period, noting its graceful curves and scrolled pediment. It's a prime collectible for enthusiasts of vintage advertising, silverware history, or Art Deco era design, perfect for display or research.
This item is from the family estate of Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver. Estes also ran for President and vice President with Stevenson against Nixon/Eisenhower. At one time there was a fire in part of his childhood home. So this item may have some soot staining, discoloration/staining, creasing, has wear around the edges, may have a musty odor from storage with normal estate wear. Please see pictures/scans for more details. We have a large amount of ephemera from the Kefauver estate listed and or will be listing.
Measures approx. 11.5 by 8.5 inches
1930s International Sterling Minuet Silverware Ad Price List Ephemera Print
$49.86
This historical ad offers a fascinating glimpse into the luxury goods market and design aesthetics of the 1920s to 1930s. The descriptive text highlights the Minuet design's inspiration from the 'Early American' period, noting its graceful curves and scrolled pediment. It's a prime collectible for enthusiasts of vintage advertising, silverware history, or Art Deco era design, perfect for display or research.
This item is from the family estate of Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver. Estes also ran for President and vice President with Stevenson against Nixon/Eisenhower. At one time there was a fire in part of his childhood home. So this item may have some soot staining, discoloration/staining, creasing, has wear around the edges, may have a musty odor from storage with normal estate wear. Please see pictures/scans for more details. We have a large amount of ephemera from the Kefauver estate listed and or will be listing.
Measures approx. 11.5 by 8.5 inches