My Gold Bamboo Flatware Finds

via Weston Table

When I was working on the post the other day on bamboo flatware, I looked to see what was available on eBay. I happened upon a brand new vintage set of discontinued Reed & Barton Gold Regal Bamboo flatware still in its plastic sleeves and box - eight place settings and six serving pieces. There was a serious bidding war, but I was able to snag it in the last few seconds.  This flatware is highly collectible and I have never seen a brand new complete set. Sellers generally sell it by the piece. Lucky find. Here it is below.

Setting the Chinoiserie Table - Bamboo Flatware

Tahiti by Buccellati Bamboo & Silver Flatware

I was asked by a follower about heirloom quality bamboo flatware. This example above is certainly the quintessential example.

The Tahiti cutlery was born in the 1960s on original drawings by Gianmaria Buccellati and upon specific request of an influential Italian industrialist, who ordered it for his yacht. This flatware in silver and bamboo evokes the Polynesian natural wonders and presents a combination of high elegance and eco-sustainability. The name of the collection is tightly linked to the memory of Paul Gauguin, who lived in Tahiti during the last period of his life and who was very much inspired by the island for his paintings portraying the women of Tahiti and its wonderful landscapes. The house of Buccellati is one of the world's premier silversmiths.