Butter Knife / Spreader, Wm Rogers Mfg Co, Camelot, Silverplate, Vintage 1964

• Pattern:  Vintage Butter Knife/ Butter Spreader, Wm Rogers Mfg Co, Camelot Pattern, aka Melody, Silverplate Flatware, Wm Rogers Extra Plate Flatware, Vintage Flatware, Vintage Silverware, Vintage Tableware, (Discontinued)
• Made in USA  
• Vintage:  1964
• Details:  A beautiful butter knife from William Rogers Mfg Co , in the Camelot pattern, aka Melody.  These are nice to have when setting a nice table, or on a buffet table. The butter knife is meant to go alongside the butter dish (as opposed to a spreader that goes with each person's place setting, usually on the Bread & Butter Plate), but today these two are really interchangeable.  This one is marked: "Wm Rogers Mfg Co, Extra Plate, Original Rogers". Great as a hostess/host gift, or for someone who appreciates vintage flatware, perfect for a collector.  We also carry a set a Serving Spoon in this pattern (while quantities last).
• Material:  Silver plate
• Dimension: 6.5 inches Long 
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Very Good Vintage Condition.  Very shiny.  As with all used silverplate , there are several minor surface scratches we feel these are acceptable due to age/use/wear.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are VINTAGE and ANTIQUE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show scratches, wear and tear and imperfections.  

William Rogers Mfg. Co. was started by William Rogers and his elder son Wm Rogers Jr in 1865.  In 1866 Rogers & Brother Co was incorporated. In 1872, when the William Rogers Manufacturing Co was incorporated, the Rogers were no longer associated to the firm (but later F. Willson Rogers, younger son of William Rogers, entered in the firm as Secretary). In the 1880's the firm had a bitter controversy with William Rogers Jr. about the right to use William Rogers name. In 1898 the firm became part of International Silver Co.  International Silver Company and its factories were active in the whole Meriden-Wallingford area becoming possibly the larger center for silver craftsmanship in the US. The peak of the production was reached in the late 1930s.  The production of sterling holloware continued until 1976 while the silver plated holloware business was sold to Oneida Silversmiths in 1981.