The new silver exhibit “Silver from Modest to Majestic,” which officially opens May 24, shows pieces of silver from Colonial Williamsburg’s collection that were used in everyday life.

And we just found the handle of a silver teaspoon, which is just wild." The artifacts are "really significant," since they "tell the story of what life was like [back then]," Gary added.

Colonial Williamsburg’s curators have spent the past 10 years working — with many successes — to assemble a collection of American-made silver “worthy of the institution’s other ...