Featured Help I/D fork

Hello again everyone I was Hoping that someone could help me identify this unusual looking fork. It has a sterling mark and has a weight of 77 grams I don’t see any other marks on it.looks to be old but other than that I have no idea…thanks for any info. Matt.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=ant...uRBzQQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1452&bih=692&dpr=1.1

 

There looks like there might be a mark at the point where the handle meets the tines. Can you get a close look at that?

 

No marks anywhere bakersgma unless they are just gone I just double checked.thank you for the reply. Matt

 

Thank you Roaring20s for your link and your response so it’s a salad fork very Interesting I would have never guessed that never seen a salad fork before but now I have thanks again for the reply…

 

Lettuce fork. https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Utensils/ServL1.html

 

It's gorgeous and heavy for how delicate it looks!

 

Thanks bakersgma for the link now I’m thinking it must have came in a pair with a spoon now I need to try to find the spoon .I got it today at the local thrift store for .49 cents so now I will keep a eye out and maybe I will come across the spoon.. Thanks again Matt.

 

Been a while since I've seen this one (always thought the tines looked like a Klingon weapon) - this is a poor quality recast of Whiting Mfg.'s 'Lily' pattern (introduced in 1902), the handle was probably cast from a genuine lettuce fork, the tines are a fantasy. Real 'Lily' pieces would have been die-struck, and were of high quality, the pattern very detailed and crisp - recasts of desirable patterns have been produced for a few decades now, on the plus side, they're almost always really sterling...

~Cheryl

 

Thank you Cheryl for your reply I thought the same thing seemed like a Primitive casting to me as well didn’t know if it was a poor casting or just very old and heavily used but I’m sure it will go into the scrap silver bucket and for .49 cents I was happy to come across it ..thanks again for your interesting And knowledgeable post….Matt

 

Truly an interesting shape... And I think the towel you used to back it up is quite effective.