Auction Date:2008 Oct 11 @ 13:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:New Market, Tennessee, United States
Without a doubt, the marking is Gorham and Sterling, the pattern is probably one of the Versailles pattern multi-motifs. 7 3/4" long, in the center of the ornate handle is a figure sitting astride an object that is hard to determine what it is, their foot rests on the head of another figure, grapes, scrolls, shells, all sorts of themes are around this fork. You are bidding on a set of 12 forks. Old monogram on back of LVV for Lottie Van Vleck.
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