Tea services could be sterling silver, but the tray that the pieces rested on couldn`t be sterling. ”Sterling is too soft and heavy, so the tray would have an alloy in it,” Ballard said. Salt ...

I have a collection of 41 tea strainers of all shapes and sizes. My favorites are the animal-shaped ones. I started collecting teapots about 30 years ago. Then my sister started to collect tea ...