Help finding a particular cutlery style/pattern

May 6, 2022 1:40 PM

I am curious about this cutlery from my childhood. I would like to buy more of it but I don't know how to search for it. Spoon; Zoom in on spoon handle. Does anyone have any ideas about what it might be, or even how to look for it? Thank you!
posted by Salamandrous to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

Best answer: Replacements.com has a free service where they will identify cutlery patterns if you send them pictures.
posted by Lycaste at 1:48 PM on May 6, 2022 [3 favorites]

My mother used replacements.com to fill in sets of silver she got from her aunts, but if you’re just interested in that style in general, that flat handle with embossed pattern, there are a lot of options on Etsy. I know because I recently went looking for something in that style because I always liked the similar style my partner inherited from his parents. I didn’t find our exact pattern but since we’re pretty much out of that pattern due to decades of attrition, I found plenty I liked in a similar vein.
posted by Well I never at 1:52 PM on May 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

Sorry if this is silly, but have you looked closely at the back of the handle? Spoons are usually marked on the back. Sometimes it's very small, right at the top back of the handle by the base of the bowl of the spoon. I just checked my mismatched flatware and every single spoon of my many patterns has a mark. Yours might not.
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 1:54 PM on May 6, 2022 [5 favorites]

Best answer: It appears to be Lifetime LCU 35. There's a full set on ebay, as well as individual pieces on Replacements.com.
posted by mcgsa at 2:50 PM on May 6, 2022 [11 favorites]

Best answer: I remember that pattern! The spoon is a little too pointy for my tastes, but they'd show up at sleepovers so I'd say the pattern was popular.
posted by rhizome at 4:10 PM on May 6, 2022

Response by poster: Thank you so so much! And now that you mention it rhizome, the spoons are somewhat pointy! But the nostalgia value may overcome that for me :)
posted by Salamandrous at 6:24 AM on May 8, 2022