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Reference: S1901
Period: Victorian
Year: 1898
Silversmith: Elkington & Company
Place: London
Price: $ 270.00
Weight: 61 grams
Dimensions: 17.7 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Description: A private die silver Victorian dessert fork, made by Elkington & Co in 1898. The fork is an excellent gauge, over 60 grammes, a good quality fork. It is double struck with a variant of Kings pattern, but with an ornate scrolling design below the raised family crest. The crest is a griffin holding a branch with leaves in its beak, described as "Griffin's head erased argent holding in the baek a sprig or rose branch proper", this is the Watson family crest. This branch of the Watson family came from Silsden, Yorkshire, descendants of Rowland Watson, Silsden Moor late 16th century. The hallmarks are very clear. Private die flatware was individually commissioned with the family crest die-stamped rather than engraved on a stock pattern (Pickford, Silver Flatware, page 173. Most 19th century private die patterns were supplied through Hunt & Roskell to members of the peerage and other wealthy clients. Pickford describes these as "fascinating, but obviously impossible to build into services". Note - this fork is accompanied by the heraldic report.
Note 2 - This fork has been featured in an excellent article entitled "Private Die-Struck Heraldic Flatware 1780-1900" by Luke Delmas & Luke Schrager, published in the Finial Vol 34, July & September 2023, where it is photographed and described as No. 68. The article depicts 80 different examples of private die flatware, categorised as Scottish, Royalty, Aristocratic families, other individuals, Military and finally Institutions.
Note 3 - This article also appears in the Silver Society Journal, No.38, 2022, pages 82-97, this fork photographed and described on page 94.
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Private die silver fork - watson family crest
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Watson crest armorial - private die silver fork
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Private die kings variant fork - back
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Kings variant pattern - back of private die fork
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Elkington silver hallmarks
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Private die silver watson crest - scale
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