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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 413069, member: 111&quot;]Can&#039;t say I recall seeing lobster forks as serving pieces, they&#039;re not particularly common (seafood fork kind of covers it), but are longish slender place pieces, and there are the long lobster picks, with two tiny tines/prongs, sometimes including a rendition of the critter as part of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the same pieces are sometimes found in catalogs and ads described for different uses, this fork was almost certainly sold as a beef fork - personally, I see those center tines as wide and straight, curved sides tapering to a point, like on the center tine of the one in my last clip or at top right on the Osterberg page.&nbsp; There are always going to be variations in style by manufacturer and pattern, but if reliable reference isn&#039;t available showing the same item, then you go by its size and general characteristics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a beef fork from a 1905 publication that differs from the others shown, with outer tines that appear to curve in, but are essentially straight:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]143950[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]143951[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP&#039;s fork:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]143952[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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