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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 115747, member: 44"]FWIW, I agree with Baker that pictorial mark is older. My silver is Francis I. It was all bought new in 1966. All the pieces have the script mark. The fruit design on your spoon appears to be that on Francis I ice tea spoons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to add a little trivia, the fruit design on this piece is orange, plum, and apple. There are 15 different fruit designs. This particular design was/is used on the following pieces:</p><p>Boullion, 5 o'clock, ice tea spoons; ice cream fotk; jelly; cheese servers; fruit, tea, & child's knives according to the Francis First brochure printed in 1948.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 115747, member: 44"]FWIW, I agree with Baker that pictorial mark is older. My silver is Francis I. It was all bought new in 1966. All the pieces have the script mark. The fruit design on your spoon appears to be that on Francis I ice tea spoons. Just to add a little trivia, the fruit design on this piece is orange, plum, and apple. There are 15 different fruit designs. This particular design was/is used on the following pieces: Boullion, 5 o'clock, ice tea spoons; ice cream fotk; jelly; cheese servers; fruit, tea, & child's knives according to the Francis First brochure printed in 1948. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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