Antique silver fork - please ID

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I *think* your acorn is actually a pineapple, but that is where my knowledge ends.

 

What a remarkable fork.

 

Fork me , that's an interesting pickle fork !

 

With that single very worn mark (I can't really count the other "marks" as anything decipherable) it's almost impossible to ID. But the style plus that *thing* cause me to suggest made in Hanau.

What testing method did you use to determine that it's "solid silver?"

 

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In my opinion it is no earlier than the 19th C. Forks did not have 3 or 4 tines till the 18th C. The suggestion of Hanau has merit, if not there some other fantasy factory.

In general object fit into an artistic or cultural pattern. This just seems over the top.

 

Hi, yes, this is the only three-pronged fork before 19C
Have a nice day.

 

I would take a stab at it. But there is no text or picture in Ivan's first two posts.

Strange!

 

I suspect the poster did not like answers all that much so he deleted the posts.
Way to pick up your ball and go home.

 

AF, exactly what I thought.
At least he knows how to erase!

 

I arrived too late for this party

 

looks like there was a fork in the road...& he took it !