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| Early Georgian Hanoverian 3 Prong Dessert Fork - London 1724
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Reference: S11539
Period: George I
Year: 1724
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Place: London
Price: $ 240.00
Weight: 31 grams
Dimensions: 16.4 cm
Condition: Good overall, slight kink to middle tine, knife scratches on back of tines.
Description: An early Georgian Hanoverian pattern 3 prong silver dessert fork, made in 1724, when King George I was still on the throne. The fork is the traditional Hanoverian shape, and is bottom marked. The fork has 2 clearly engraved family crests on the back of the fork, so perhaps linked to a marriage, they include a bearded head with bandanna, and a stag with raised front leg. The hallmarks are squashed and partially visible, but the London crowned leopard head, lion passant and date letter I for 1724 are legible. The makers mark is not visible, you can only just see a small star in shaped shield, similar to that seen under the Paul Crespin mark, but not enough to confirm. A later hallmark T is clearly struck, we are not sure of the significance, all assistance welcome. Three pronged Hanoverian pattern forks first appeared around 1710, by 1750 they had been replaced by 4 tines.
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