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Schraffts knife, vintage Frank G. Shattuck Co.

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    Posted 9 years ago

    VintageCindy
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    Schraffts sold candy and offered lunch in fifty shops in New York. There's a book about the chain, run by Frank Shattuck. Jane Kanel Slomanson wrote "When Everybody Ate at Schraffts" and it's on Amazon. Artists with day jobs and ladies who lunched and businessmen frequented Schraffts from what I gathered on line. I thought it would make a lovely addition to the galley of my sailboat.

    This particular knife is my only piece and I bought it since I suspected a connection to Shattuck and Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, near the University of California at Berkeley. I found the knife in a plastic bin at the Goodwill in the kitchen utensil section in the Fillmore, lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco. So my theory is a wealthy lady of Pacific Heights back in the day lunched at Schraffts and pocketed the silverware. She brought it home to San Francisco either in her luggage or in her purse on the plane back in the day when flying was posh.

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    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 9 years ago
      very nice!!!!!
    2. VintageCindy VintageCindy, 9 years ago
      Hi Sean, I see you have some Alessi. I love them and treasure my Alessi tea pot and my Allesi wine bottle opener. One goes for $180, another goes for $60 on the website. I found them for a couple of dollars at the Goodwill on Fillmore in San Francisco and they add a lot of fun to tea time on my sailboat.
    3. SEAN68 SEAN68, 9 years ago
      Hello VintageCindy!!! yes I do have some Alssei!! :) your very lucky to find yours for a couple bucks!!! would love to see :)
    4. VintageCindy VintageCindy, 9 years ago
      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/147175-alessi-anna-g-corkscrew
    5. VintageCindy VintageCindy, 9 years ago
      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/147178-alessi-tea-kettle-blue-handle-with-bird

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