Posted 12 years ago
Bootson
(72 items)
This fork I have previously posted as 'Can you ID sterling fish fork?' but I needed to add a few pictures to continue the quest.
Thanks MiKKoChristmas11 for the detailed response. I don't doubt your ID but I still have a few questions.
The pictures in my original post were not "straight on" so they distorted the proportions a bit. The photos in this post may represent it more accurately.
The fork is Gorham with the "old marks" but is it a serving fork? I really know little about this type of thing, but I would have thought a serving fork would be bigger. You asked in the previous post if it was 6 1/8" long, it is closer to 6 1/4". Maybe that minor difference is "splitting hairs" but I don't know. What does the length tell you?
Thanks Bellin68, Man you are fast.
and you moved to WI ?!!! ... musta been desperate, running from the law no doubt.
Hi, Bootson. Great details - thanks particularly for the measurements. I just checked in before departing on duties and for Good Friday service, so I won't be able to substantitate my earlier judgment until early evening. I will present my argument and provide any great links I can find. I had more yesterday, but it would have made the posting even longer. I still think that it's a serving fork, but will revisit this, of course. FYI, I hedge just about everything - old Philosophy major - we love to be tentative. I'm no silver expert, but I love old silver, and I will enjoy trying to substantiate this. Thanks for the extra photos. Hope you didn't delete the other listing. The photo of the reverse of the 'utensil-end', which you provided in the earlier listing, displays a most unusual 'cut card work' - which I presume is actually cast, not applied - that could be most significant....I'll be back. miKKo
Great miKKoChristmas11, In the meantime I will post more pictures. I don't know what 'cut card work' is but it sounds interesting.
No rush, I have waited 8 months, patience is my virtue/curse.
You will have to get some more items of your own up on CW so I may be able to reciprocate.
I once knew a Philosophy major, when asked about Philosophy all he would say was "It's a black hole ...a black hole".
He then disappeared.
Hi Bootson...this service piece, is a salad fork. I too, collect older Gorham, ["Lion - Anchor - G"], mainly, in the Buttercup pattern. Gorham's salad forks, are denoted, by their 4th, wider / scoop-angled, tine, and measure, just a bit over 6".
Addendum: More specifically, an "individual" salad fork, which measure on average, of 6 3/8", as compared to, a "place size", salad fork, which are a bit longer, than "individual", and average 6 3/4".
Addendum: last one, I promise : ) Gorham "Chantilly" 1895, did produce a "Beef fork / small size" in 6 1/4". The final, determining factor, as to which fork it is, would be on how wide, the tine-span is. The Beef fork, would, of course, be a little wider.
On that note...good night ; )
http://silverpattern.com/CHANTILLY.htm
Thanks stainedglass and welcome to the club.
I have this same fork spread out over 3 posts.
I think we can say its a beef serving fork, the picture on the web page you linked to is the best match I have seen.