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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4355203, member: 111"]Eh, first pic shows a cake server knife, a sardine fork, and a cheese server; second pic shows a cocktail/hors d'oeuvres fork, pastry tongs, and a jelly server - might find a few variations in names, but personally, have never seen a 'lox fork' reliably referenced, even after decades of silver flatware collecting, selling, and researching through books, catalogs, advertisements, etc. As already noted, a suggested use is not what an item would have been manufactured or sold as...</p><p><br /></p><p>Believe all pieces except the sweet little 4-leaf clover fork were likely produced by 1950s-60s Newark, NJ manufacturer Ambassador - mid-quality stuff usually sold in department and jewelry stores, the working ends of the hollow-handle pieces often made in England or Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4355203, member: 111"]Eh, first pic shows a cake server knife, a sardine fork, and a cheese server; second pic shows a cocktail/hors d'oeuvres fork, pastry tongs, and a jelly server - might find a few variations in names, but personally, have never seen a 'lox fork' reliably referenced, even after decades of silver flatware collecting, selling, and researching through books, catalogs, advertisements, etc. As already noted, a suggested use is not what an item would have been manufactured or sold as... Believe all pieces except the sweet little 4-leaf clover fork were likely produced by 1950s-60s Newark, NJ manufacturer Ambassador - mid-quality stuff usually sold in department and jewelry stores, the working ends of the hollow-handle pieces often made in England or Italy. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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