Not currently on display at the V&A

Fork

1692-1693 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Fork, from a set, silver gilt, three prongs with trifid handle engraved on the front with a cherub carrying a heart amidst foliage and on the back with the crest of Sackville, Duke of Dorset (created 1720) in an oval above a winged semi-figure amidst foliage.


Object details

Categories
Eating
Metalwork
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Fork
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt, forged and engraved
Silver-Gilt
Forging
Engraving (Incising)
Amalgam Gilding
Brief description
Fork, silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1692-93, mark of TT beneath a coronet (unidentified).
Physical description
Fork, from a set, silver gilt, three prongs with trifid handle engraved on the front with a cherub carrying a heart amidst foliage and on the back with the crest of Sackville, Duke of Dorset (created 1720) in an oval above a winged semi-figure amidst foliage.
Dimensions
  • Length: 7.625in
  • Width: 0.875in
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1692-93
  • Mark: TT beneath a coronet (Unidentified)
  • Engraved with the crest of Sackville, Duke of Dorset (Later inscription.)
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Bryan Bequest
Subjects depicted
Cherub
Heart
Foliage
Crest
Figure
Associated objects
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.11A-1950

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103912/fork-unknown/
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