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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 904168, member: 111"]Just to clarify, the U.S. patent date is May 26, 188<i><b>5, </b></i>it's for the form of the finger-guard on the fork (Rodgers' original English patent was issued in 1881) - the set was produced between 1901 and 1910, since it says '<i>His</i> Majesty' with an 'ER' (Edward Rex), if produced in the 1880s, would have been '<i>Her</i> Majesty' with a 'VR' (Victoria Regina)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 904168, member: 111"]Just to clarify, the U.S. patent date is May 26, 188[I][B]5, [/B][/I]it's for the form of the finger-guard on the fork (Rodgers' original English patent was issued in 1881) - the set was produced between 1901 and 1910, since it says '[I]His[/I] Majesty' with an 'ER' (Edward Rex), if produced in the 1880s, would have been '[I]Her[/I] Majesty' with a 'VR' (Victoria Regina)... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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