I probably qualify as a Yankee given my matrilineal lineage (mother and grandmother both born in Connecticut, which is in New England). I do have silver, though, possibly even as much as you! I received for my wedding and bought a huge amount in my own pattern from Tiffany & Co. (12 place settings with many esoteric items I can no longer even identify...what was I thinking?). I also have half of my mother's silver although she is alive and well. She divided it between my brother and me when he got married about 20 years ago since she was no longer entertaining. I also have been unable to resist certain unrelated pretty pieces of flatware I have encountered in my travels. And I have bought a sterling silver Reed & Barton bell ornament for our Christmas tree every year since we were married (that means 30 bells). I think of silver more as old fashioned than as southern. It seems to me (but I am not in the know about bridal trends) that many contemporary brides do not want sterling silver flatware. Is that true?
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I don''t have anything insanely expensive, but I got the salad plate idea from a rich old cousin of mine who has WAY too many sets of fine china, but a particular fancy for expensive salad plates LOL You can change a whole look just by adding them and they dont'' take up *that* much space, relatively.
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