Featured Swan salts...

Discussion in 'Silver' started by DragonflyWink, Sep 19, 2022.

  1. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    My late Mom collected swans as well as open salts and salt spoons, the salt collection started in the early '70s, with clear EAPG pieces that showed up in box-lots of stuff for our short-lived shop and progressed over the years. She limited it to clear glass, swans, and silver after she talked me out of most of my silver salts (it was Mom, couldn't turn her down). I'd recently finished polishing and photographing her solid silver swan salts before packing them away for my collection when a silver group I belong to did a 'figural theme' week - so I posted them, the response was more than I'd expected (Mom would have enjoyed their appreciation), and thought I'd post them here too...


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    This old pic shows the majority of her swan salts:

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    ~Cheryl
     
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    DragonflyWink, Sep 19, 2022
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  2. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Those are all absolutely wonderful!!! :happy::happy::happy:

    My favorite is the German one with the shell-shaped salt atop the swan. :D
     
    bercrystal, Sep 19, 2022
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  3. silverbell

    silverbell Well-Known Member

    Covet!
     
    silverbell, Sep 19, 2022
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  4. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    OH MY, my Mom would have been ALL OVER those upper images!!!! She had a bit of a collection of them that were large and sterling as well, (so maybe hers weren’t salts) that went when we sold off her estate back in 2004!!! Yours, Cheryl, are GORGEOUS!!!! (I’m just popping in….only 2 days left of Vaca….it’s been great but have to clean tomorrow!!!) IF the Frozen Mudslide slipping down ATM doesn’t lay me down FIRST :happy::hilarious::p:D!
     
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  5. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    O.M.G. those are superb ! I want ! I want !
     
    johnnycb09, Sep 19, 2022
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    very tasty !!!
    Thanks for the show & tell..! :happy:
     
    komokwa, Sep 19, 2022
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  7. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Beautiful collection!
     
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  8. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    I learned more stuff here again today. The collection is outstanding.
     
    pearlsnblume, Sep 19, 2022
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  9. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Love the Buckman! Great photos! I love salts too.
     
    J Dagger, Sep 19, 2022
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  10. judy

    judy Well-Known Member

    Your mother's good taste rubbed off onto you. You both have the same ability to display with such good taste the objects you chose to collect. Thank you for sharing your mother's passion.
     
    judy, Sep 20, 2022
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  11. ola402

    ola402 Well-Known Member

    What a wonderful collection!! No wonder yours friends were so impressed. Thanks for sharing.
     
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  12. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    Those are beautiful, thanks for showing them:)
    lol, I love this line:)
     
    cxgirl, Sep 20, 2022
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  13. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    Thanks guys - glad you like them!

    ~Cheryl
     
    DragonflyWink, Sep 23, 2022
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  14. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    These are wonderful! (I think you showed us the last photo, or something like it, before.)
     
    Figtree3, Sep 29, 2022
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