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Cape Silver Dessert Forks (Set of 8) - Townsend
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Reference: S1482
Period: George IV
Year: Circa 1825
Silversmith: John Townsend
Place: Cape
Price: $ 400.00
Weight: 287 grams
Dimensions: 16.1 cm
Condition: Good, wear to tines, scratch marks to tines from use.
Description: A set of Cape silver dessert forks in the Fiddle pattern, with engraved initials "WAM". These forks have a strong colonial feel, the shape and size differs from the traditional English Fiddle pattern. The forks are a small, delicate size, my better half describes them as "sweet". The hallmarks on all 8 forks are excellent, and consist of makers mark JT (with indent to top of makers mark) with individually struck pseudo English hallmarks (duty mark, lion passant, date letter a and tree), Welz mark 123 in Cape Silver. Townsend was described as "the most versatile of all the Cape English silversmiths" by Heller (pg 101).
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Cape Silver Dessert Forks - Townsend
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Cape Silver Dessert Forks - Townsend
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Initials WAM
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Cape Silver Hallmarks - Townsend
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