In 1980, Charlie Haughey presented the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, with an Irish silver Georgian teapot. The gift, combined with the taoiseach’s considerable charm, melted her icy heart ...
Silver and silverware were traditionally viewed as symbols of wealth. You need only think of expressions such as “born with a silver spoon in his mouth”, or, indeed, “selling off the family silver”, ...
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