posted 09-05-2007 02:05 PM            

I had forgotten this one, because I use it eveyday, and don't really consider it as a collection item.

I grew up with it, and just purchased a lot of it. I like it a lot. I know it's not solid Sterling, but would really like to know the silver content of the pieces.

I know nothing about it, so any information would be wonderful.

The only thing I knew about it was, to watch for the new Korean version of the pattern, and don't even remember if it was good or bad.

I also have many extra pieces like the tomato "Thingie" and others like that.

Thank you in advance.

posted 09-09-2007 12:50 PM            

IS discontinued First Love in the mid 50's. The way this worked was that IS sent a letter to its customers announcing the end of the pattern with a request that everyone order what they needed to fill in existing sets. Once the orders were received, the company did its final run. This production always went over the number requested in orders. IS then sat on a large inventory of First Love blanks, plating and shipping as stragglers placed orders. They appear to have used up their stash in about 1965. At this point, whatever was left was offered to matching services. I knew someone who bought 1,000 place settings at that time.

IS had a policy of making up any discontinued pattern when they had an order for 10,000 place settings.

First Love was a full line pattern with holloware. There is a 5 piece tea set, trays, bowls and candle sticks. There are 4 sizes of the pattern: luncheon and dinner, regular and viande. There is also a coordinated line of glass, made I believe by Heisey.