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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 2437149, member: 111"]Well, if they're about 5.5" long and assuming that your second was taken at an odd angle that makes the tines look too large, they are oyster/seafood forks in the Chantilly pattern, struck with different dies, the pattern produced from 1895 on, though yours most likely fairly early with those marks - with only one having a retailer's mark, they were likely acquired separately (sets were often assembled piecemeal)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 2437149, member: 111"]Well, if they're about 5.5" long and assuming that your second was taken at an odd angle that makes the tines look too large, they are oyster/seafood forks in the Chantilly pattern, struck with different dies, the pattern produced from 1895 on, though yours most likely fairly early with those marks - with only one having a retailer's mark, they were likely acquired separately (sets were often assembled piecemeal)... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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