First, those who want to identify a silver pattern... so they can sell it on Ebay. The second are those who are looking for the backstory, the deep minutia of the silver or pewter, who the designer was, what was the original price, where was it sold... and how was it made. All...
Still, there's a stubborn timelessness to Sweetings — the chairs with the decorative 'S' carved into their backs. The pewter tankards ofblack velvet(a cocktail that might've been served here not long after it was invented at Brook's Gentlemen's club, to boozily mourn the deat...