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Reference: S1756
Period: Victorian
Year: 1844
Silversmith: Robert Gray & Sons
Place: Glasgow
Price: $ 1 450.00
Weight: 858 grams
Dimensions: 21.0 cm
Condition: Excellent, have seen very little use. Tines very good on all 12 forks.
Description: A fine set of 12 Victorian Scottish silver table forks, in the plain Old English pattern, these forks have a very good weight and feel in the hand. The forks are engraved with the original owners initial A with a typical Victorian flourish. The forks are in excellent condition, with long tines, these forks have not seen much use. All 12 forks have excellent hallmarks that are well struck and very clear, event Queen Victoria's hair is visible in the duty mark. The town mark also has clearly defined bird, bell and fish in the tree, the coat of arms of Glasgow. Robert Gray and Sons of Glasgow produced "some of the finest British silver of the period" (Walter Brown, Finial, June 2006).
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