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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 9580473, member: 182"]The EP mark looks to me like the sterling silver mark for Emile Puirforcat. This knife is called a dessert knife. In my set (Gorham) a similar knife that I found once was an antique Bird Knife. I looked this up because, long ago, at an auction, another bidder pointed out a GORGEOUS large spoon to me marked EP because he knew that I bought pretty silverplate. He was only interested in sterling. I couldn't believe he made that mistake. But I bought the spoon for peanuts and sold it on line to an antique store in New Orleans. Here's one example of the mark I found on line. Puirforcat is in business in France today, but Emile Puiforcat was the founder. </p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/pair-of-e-puiforcat-french-sterling-silver-vegetable-bowls-art-deco-style/id-f_33058992/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/pair-of-e-puiforcat-french-sterling-silver-vegetable-bowls-art-deco-style/id-f_33058992/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/pair-of-e-puiforcat-french-sterling-silver-vegetable-bowls-art-deco-style/id-f_33058992/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 9580473, member: 182"]The EP mark looks to me like the sterling silver mark for Emile Puirforcat. This knife is called a dessert knife. In my set (Gorham) a similar knife that I found once was an antique Bird Knife. I looked this up because, long ago, at an auction, another bidder pointed out a GORGEOUS large spoon to me marked EP because he knew that I bought pretty silverplate. He was only interested in sterling. I couldn't believe he made that mistake. But I bought the spoon for peanuts and sold it on line to an antique store in New Orleans. Here's one example of the mark I found on line. Puirforcat is in business in France today, but Emile Puiforcat was the founder. [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/pair-of-e-puiforcat-french-sterling-silver-vegetable-bowls-art-deco-style/id-f_33058992/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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