Posted: 8/2/2006 7:55:07 PM EDT
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www.civilwaroutpost.com/nondugrelics.htm they sell forks that are the type used during the civil war era, and they look very similiar to the style I have except this one has a wooden handle instead of bone handle |
www.tias.com/11900/PictPage/1922416062.html?mall=%2Fstores%2Fanthol;itemKey=1922416062;store=%2Fstores%2Fanthol;catId=bakelite-kitchen;itemNo=136 here's a civil war era ivory / bone handled three tine fork with pewter inlay that looks similiar to the one I have |
OK. Judging from the style, the proportions, and what little I can tell about the surfaces, I'd date it anywhere from the late 1930s to the mid 1950s. It was probably part of of an economically priced dining room set that was mass produced for a department store. It may have been made overseas. I grew up in a family of antique store junkies- I can't help it.  Galland |
