Saturday, Jan. 7, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Discussion and factory tour of silverware maker Sherrill Manufacturing and its Liberty Tabletop line of cutlery.Silverware has been made in Sherrill since 1914, starting with Oneida Community, Ltd. and continuing today with Sherrill Manufacturing.
Explore the history of the craft that made Madison County known throughout the country. Learn about Utopian origins of Oneida silverware and its unique legacy in American history, and then go behind the scenes for a firsthand glimpse of America’s only silverware manufacturers, Liberty Tabletop, located in the historic Oneida Community Ltd. factory buildings.
Tickets are $5 for members of the Oneida Community Mansion House, and $10 for nonmembers. Students (ages 8 & up) are $3. Guests will assemble at the Mansion House before the factory tour; call 315-363-0745 to make your reservation.
When I married in 1961, my family gave us a service for 12 piece stainless in the Chateau pattern from Oneida Community.
When I retired a few years ago and down sized I gave it to my daughter and her family. After my family of 5 and her family of 7, and now her grand children coming along, it has been in constant use all these years and just keeps looking beautiful. Except for some Corning Ware that I still use, there is nothing else left from any of the other wedding gifts from so long ago, except wonderful memories.