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Item [9] promotes silverware from International Silver. Includes images of cooks and children in period dress; diagram of everyday table setting; pie chart of household expenses; recommendation to create a silverplate fund with table of weekly contributions needed based on annual income; tables of costs for other household items; list of pieces for starting, essential, adequate, and complete services based on no. of people; image of 34 piece starting service in Pageant pattern; image of 34 piece essential service in Century pattern; image of 35 piece adequate service in Romance pattern; image of 36 piece complete service in Pageant pattern; images of Pageant, Century, Romance, and Jamestown patterns; offer for "What to serve and how to serve it" written by the same author; and a laid-in advertisement for R.G. Allison of St. Johns, Michigan, with prices for starting, essential, adequate and complete services. No recipes. Marked: Form No. B-101.

Item [10] promotes Frank Smith sterling silver tableware. Includes description of the modern hostess set; and images and price list for place settings and serving pieces in Woodlily, Puritan, Edward VII, Fiddle Shell, Fiddle Thread, Classic Beauty, and Mayfair patterns. No recipes.

Item [11] promotes Frank Smith sterling silver tableware. Includes images and price list for place settings and serving pieces in Tokay and Colonial Charm patterns. No recipes.

Item [12] promotes Alvin sterling silver flatware. Includes images and length of various utensils for a complete service such as hollow handle spreader; images, descriptions, and price list for place settings, serving pieces, and carving sets in Bridal Bouquet, Southern Charm, Prince Eugene, Rosecrest, Chateau Rose, Spring Bud, French Scroll, Chapel Bells, Della Robbia, and Chased Romantique patterns; and product guarantee. No recipes.

Item [13] promotes Alvin sterling silver flatware. Includes images of women in period dress; instructions and images for setting the table for breakfast, formal lunch, formal dinner, wedding breakfast, and afternoon tea; images of various utensils for a complete service in Della Robbia pattern; images of flatware in Chippendale, Duquesne, Richmond, Orange Blossom, Hamilton, Hampton, Florence Nightingale, Flanders, Maryland, Louisiana, George Washington, Luxor, Molly Stark, and Lancaster patterns; images of holloware; and images of toiletware in Vanity and Minuet patterns. No recipes.

Item [14] promotes Stieff Williamsburg pewter reproductions. Includes hallmark for pewter products from Williamsburg Restoration, Inc.; historic facts about pewter; advice on pewter care; list of prices and specifications for various pewter hollow ware; images of various pewter hollow ware pieces; invitation to visit their factory; image of the factory; and image of craftsman working on product. No recipes. Marked: 25M--10-56.

Item [15] promotes Stieff Williamsburg sterling silver reproductions. Includes image of colonial Williamsburg; image of product hallmark; image of Baltimore factory based on an etching by Don Swann; laid-in price list for flatware and hollow ware; images of various flatware and hollow ware pieces; image of colonial inn; list of silver flatware and hollow ware products available; and image of a place setting. No recipes. Marked: JDL 10M.

Item [16] promotes silver flatware and hollow ware from Samuel Kirk & Son. Includes portraits and signatures from Samuel Kirk, Henry Child Kirk Sr, and Henry Child Kirk Jr.; image of original entry book of John Child showing transactions with founder; detailed company history; detailed personal history and genealogy of founder; images of safe, old silversmith mill, and business card used by founder; images and dates of various products made during company lifetime some with repoussé treatment; history of assay marks in Baltimore including their use in dating products; images of all factories from founding to current plant; list of people on board of directors; image of local retail store; description and images of Lafayette goblets in Baltimore Museum of Art; description and image of silver spade used to break ground for War Memorial Building; description and image of centerpiece and plateau of complete dinner service presented to the first Cruiser, the Maryland; description and image of Marine Corps Cup presented for the Annual Rifle Competition; list of other services or pieces made for prominent people or events; and list of assayer's and maker's marks with corresponding images and dominical letters for all products. No recipes. Damaged: front cover stained.

Item [17] promotes sterling silverware from Samuel Kirk & Son. Includes laid-in offer for various types of stationery; laid-in instructions for ordering silver by mail; loose 1937 price list; images of first, second, and current factories; descriptions and images of Repoussé, Mayflower, Wadefield, Calvert, Old Maryland, Winslow, Primrose, and King flatware patterns; images, model nos., and specifications for all kinds of silver items such as hollow ware in Primrose, Mayflower, and other patterns; images of complete line of Repoussé pattern flatware and serving pieces; images of flatware products in Wadefield, Old Maryland, Mayflower, Calvert, Winslow, and King patterns; images and descriptions of specialty items such as trophies; and product index. No recipes.

Item [18] promotes Poole silver and silverplate hollow ware. Includes image of craftsman working a piece; image and prices for Lancaster Rose tea service; and images, descriptions, and prices for trivet model no. 953, cigarette box model no. 82A, candelabra model no. 752, sugar and creamer model no. 567, carving set model no. 1, gravy boat and tray model no. 234, cocktail shaker model no. 1002, silent butler model no. 75, pie plate model nos. 1005 and 5017, chafing dish model nos. 3216 and 5030, footed Chippendale trays model nos. 3208, 3209, 3210, and 3216, and contemporary coffee set model no. 803. No recipes.