Spoon Bracelet (Small, Medium, Large) Pierced Distinction

Distinction is a Oneida Prestige pattern from 1951. This collectible pattern is pierced and has a beautiful recessed background with a flower in the foreground.

This Silverware bracelet is available is sizes small, medium, and large

Lost underneath the bottom drawer of the box this silverware set came in, I found the original story of this pattern. I figure since there's so little existing history on the silverware patterns I'd share it with you:

The story of the Distinction pattern.......
In the Distinction pattern is symbolized a story which, in a way, is the story of America itself. It is a story of spiritual imprisonment and ultimate freedom, of search and discovery, of dreams and reality..... and it is the story of a rose.

The hero of the story was a visionary who found his laborer's existence devoid of beauty, purpose, or happiness. He dreamed of a day when he could throw off the shackles which held him to his fruitless life. He longed to strike out in search of a place where man could live in freedom, creating things of lasting beauty.

At last- and it was just one hundred years ago- came the opportunity so long awaited. With a large group of faithful friends, e set out to find a locale where they all could realize their dreams. But the success of their mission was not to be achieved quickly or easily. They soon found that theirs was the only community where people lived in bond. In city after city, they found little welcome and much disappointment until at last it appeared that their search had been in vain.

Then one afternoon, as they stopped in a field to rest, they noticed a lovely wild rose blooming untended and strong. Taking this rose as their symbol- an omen of success, they realized their quest was over. Here, where weeds could not extinguish the magnificence of a thing of rare beauty, they took new hope and built their home. The rose was their symbol. And their home was a happy one, for it was dedicated, purely and simply, to creation and achievement. The community was thus established a century ago. And it was there that these men and women spent their lives creating things of beauty and lasting life. Of all their achievements, one has surpassed all others and withstood the test of time- Silverware.

Today on the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of this community, the decedents of the first settlers have combined all of the skill of a century of experience into the creation of an exquisite new silver pattern. For their design they have taken the magnificent wild rose as a symbol of struggle achievement and beauty.

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