Historical Society of Delaware Presents
"Spoons to Spectacles: Silver in Delaware Life"
NEW CASTLE, DE, March 13, 2008. The Historical Society of Delaware invites you to enjoy "Spoons to Spectacles: Silver in Delaware Life" (through May 17).
Featuring the extraordinary silver collection of the Historical Society of Delaware, Spoons and Spectacles explores how silver played a vital role in the lives of Delawareans from the earliest days of colonization to the recent past. The exhibition includes the stunning and the mundane, the rare and the common, the frivolous and the practical. Several pieces in the exhibition are being shown for the first time.
More than 100 silver items on display show the quality and breadth of silver used in the lives of Delawareans, while exploring why silver was used, who made it, and how it became so intricately imbedded in our culture.
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