Do You Hand Down or Melt Down the Family Silver?

Do You Hand Down or Melt Down the Family Silver?

The expression “family silver” used to mean a household’s most prized physical assets. Such collections consisted of valued heirlooms gathered over generations, with strong historical and sentimental value in addition to their intrinsic worth. Thus, families handed down the family silver for centuries, believing these things meant something. They were not taken lightly. They were … Read more