DESCRIPTION |
All details are for the forks running from left to right below.
A set of twelve Hanoverian without rat tail three prong dessert forks, all erased verso and later decorated to match. Eleven have been engraved verso with a Baron's coronet above a crest and the 1924 reproduction has never been engraved or erased. One of the Paul Callard forks is a duty dodger, marked simply four times with the maker's punch. All forks are and feel hefty and solid, but the 1924 reproduction is extremely so. The 1739 fork is longer, narrower and thinner than the others. |
| SILVERSMITH |
5 x William Turner, 4 x Paul Callard, 1 x looks like F.D or K above a rosette and below something else, 1 x D&J Wellby Ltd., 1 x ? |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
9 x 1762, 1 x 1737, 1 x 1924, 1 x 1739. |
ASSAY OFFICE or COUNTRY |
London |
WEIGHT in GRAMS |
427 |
| SIZE in INCHES |
length: 6 1/8 |
SILVER STANDARD |
.925 sterling silver |
OVERALL CONDITION |
exceptional for their age, although not all markings can be read on all forks as some are lost in the decoration and others are pinched. |
FAULTS |
one William Turner has an old and excellent stem repair, the 1739 has a later stem repair with a little of the solder flooding the frontal decoration. |
| Back | Price £295 | sold | Item Number: M2141 |