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VINTAGE

Come Dine With Me

£148.00

A table set with the best silver flatware and crisp linen, and lit by the glow of a single candle is the making of a deliciously memorable meal. This present, wrapped and packed into our largest vintage ex-museum archive box, will turn simple into special, and offer further dinner invites to come, galore.

Prices start at £143.50. Make your choice by clicking in the box below. The completed boxed set as pictured is £213.50 and includes, from left to right:

Vintage archive box £29

Our A G Hendy & Co branded boxes will make your gift that extra special. Constructed from vulcanized cardboard with an internal aluminium frame and rivets for extra rigidity, they were originally made for a well-known central London museum in the 1950s to be used as archive boxes.  Never used, they were recently discovered in a forgotten store room belonging to the museum. Once unpacked, the box offers further very useful storage solutions for today’s office and home. 

Vintage silver-plated cutlery

Well-proportioned, well-balanced and beautifully designed cutlery is a joy to use and is the making of a good meal. Our vintage flatware is EPNS (electro-plated nickel silver) and this classic rattail handle design was produced from 1900 through to the 1950s in Sheffield, England, then the heart of the world’s flatware industry. Its renewed popularity makes it a stylish addition to today’s table.

Vintage set of 6 silver plated soup spoons £48

Vintage large silver plated ladle £55

Vintage linen table runner £38

Altar candle £26 

Our traditional free-standing altar candle is made by church candle makers, a family run business that was founded in London’s Bishopsgate in 1845.  The candle is very slow burning and will last a good 160 hours.  It does not run, for it contains a high percentage of beeswax, and it also burns regularly, so you avoid that wax-filled well that happens with lesser quality candles. Height 21cm

Crumb brush £22

A brush of soft goat’s hair and polished pear wood that is perfect for sweeping away the crumbs from your table. Yet it is as equally at home at your desk, for cleaning your laptop and keyboard. Length 26cm

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Please note the vintage products shown here may vary slightly from what you will receive.  We can of course send you a photo of the products we will include prior to shipping, so that you can make any changes if necessary. This needs to be requested.

If you would like to make changes to the collection of products, such as swap the soup spoons for knives or make up your own bespoke collection, then please do contact us and we will be delighted to help - and we can also take your payment over the phone.