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Reference: S1804
Period: George III
Year: Circa 1820
Silversmith:
Place: Canton, China
Price: $ 230.00
Weight: 48 grams
Dimensions: 20.1 cm
Condition: Very good, slight misalignment to tines.
Description: An interesting silver tablefork in the Fiddle pattern, with four pseudo hallmarks, clearly struck, but a bit of a mystery. The fork is clearly Fiddle pattern, but with a very flat handle, so uncomfortable to hold, and probably Colonial in origin. The hallmarks are well struck, and include pseudo lion passant looking left, pseudo crowned leopards head town mark (could be floral device?), pseudo date letter and pseudo Georgian duty mark. We have tentatively identified it as Chinese Export, given the style of the pseudo marks, but cannot find this combination of marks (or the q) in the referrence books. This fork needs further research, all comments and feedback welcome.
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Chinese Export Silver tablefork
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Chinese Export silver hallmarks
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Chinese Export silver back of fork
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chinese Export silver marks
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Chinese Export silver fork
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Scale - Chinese Export silver
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