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Bonbon Spoon, Solid Our Piece Code: BONS (6-7” in length)	Solid bonbon spoons are used for serving bonbons. Generally, the bonbon scoop has a shell bowl, whereas the bonbon spoon has a spoon-shaped bowl.
Bon Bon Spoon, Pierced Our Piece Code: BONS (6-7” in length)	Pierced bonbon spoons are used to scoop and serve bonbons. Unlike the solid bonbon spoon, this piece is pierced.
Bone Holder Our Piece Code: BH	Bone holders are unique pieces used to hold a piece of meat, like a ham, that has a large bone center. After the meat has been pierced, the clamp is tightened. This allows for the person holding the meat to easily cut the item using a knife.
Bread Knife Our Piece Code: BRK (9-10” in length)	Bread knives generally have long blades with sharp serrated edges. The piece is used for slicing various breads.
Butter Pick, 1-Tine Our Piece Code: BUTP1 (5-6” in length)	Butter picks have a spiraled end and are used for lifting a pat of butter. Butter picks are most often used with the china piece type known as a butter pat.
Butter Pick, 2-Tine Our Piece Code: BUTP (5-6” in length)	Two pronged (tine) butter picks like their single pronged counterparts, are used for lifting and serving butter from a butter pat.
Butter Spreader - Flat Handle Our Piece Code: BFH (5-6” in length)	Flat handle butter spreaders are used for spreading butter. Generally, these are used in addition to the typical 5-piece place setting. The butter spreader is placed on each individual bread and butter plate at the table.
Butter Spreader - Hollow Handle Our Piece Code: BSH (6-7” in length)	Hollow handle butter spreaders like their flat handle counterparts, are used for the spreading of butter and are placed with each individual place setting. The hollow handle is generally filled with clay, air, or rock.
Cake Breaker Our Piece Code: CAB (10-11” in length)	Cake breakers look like large combs with extended tines. The long tines are used to “break” into a cake before the cake is actually sliced and served. This piece is most often used with the cake knife and/or the serving cake fork.
Cake Fork, Individual Our Piece Code: CAFI (6-7” in length)	Individual cake forks are used like dessert forks. The one imaged has a beveled tine.
Cake Fork, Serving Our Piece Code: CAF (9-10” in length)	Serving cake forks are used to scoop and lift a slice of cake from the body of the cake once it has been cut. The piece has extended tines that are long enough to fit under the entire slice of cake.
Cake Knife Our Piece Code: CAK (8-10” in length)	Cake knives are large serving pieces that are used for cutting cake.

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