Hagerty Silverware Storage

Hagerty anti-tarnish bags and strips both prevent tarnish, and the right choice depends on how you store the silver. A Silver Keeper bag seals one piece, like a teapot or tray, while protection strips absorb sulfur inside a chest, drawer, or cabinet. Use bags for individual pieces and strips for a set kept together.

Hagerty silver storage bags work without a silver chest. A wooden chest cushions flatware but does not prevent tarnish on its own, while the bags combine storage and protection in treated cloth. For a drawer of flatware, the Hagerty silver flatware storage tray and drawer liner hold each piece and block tarnish in the same treated cloth. For one coffee pot, tray, or candelabra, a zippered bag is enough.

The right Hagerty silver storage bag matches the size and shape of the piece you are storing. The 6 by 6 inch bag fits a sugar bowl or baby cup, the 9 by 12 inch bag fits a gravy boat or small tray, the 15 by 15 inch bag fits a coffee pot or 14 inch round tray, and the 24 by 30 inch bag fits a soup tureen or five-light candelabra. The 4 by 12 inch flap bag is shaped for serving pieces like meat forks and pie servers.

Anti-tarnish silver bags protect silver in a way a Ziplock bag cannot. Plastic traps sulfur and condensation against the metal, while Silversmiths' Cloth with R-22 neutralizes sulfur as the metal breathes. Plastic slows tarnish at best.

Hagerty Silver Keeper bags keep polished silver bright for years when the bag stays sealed and dry. There are no strips or capsules to replace inside. When silver begins to tarnish inside a sealed, dry bag, the R-22 treatment is spent and the bag should be replaced.

Silver should be clean, dry, and polished before it goes into storage. The bags prevent new tarnish but do not remove existing tarnish, so a dull piece comes out dull.

Hagerty Silver Keeper storage builds R-22 into the Silversmiths' Cloth rather than relying on a thin coating that fades. The cloth is made in the USA, certified Kosher, and backed by a company that has specialized in silver care since 1895.