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A pair of Victorian sterling silver flatware items consisting of a spoon and a four-tine fork, traditionally produced as a child’s christening set. The items feature dense engraved and stamped decoration in a Victorian revivalist style, incorporating foliate scrolls, geometric diaper work, and star motifs across the handles and the reverse of the spoon bowl. Both pieces feature a shaped terminal with a circular cartouche containing an engraved MG monogram. Full British hallmarks are struck to the handles of both pieces.
Hallmarks:
Maker’s mark: JA over JS in a quatrefoil for Joseph and Albert Savory (Savory and Sons)
Assay office: Leopard’s head for London
Purity mark: Lion passant for sterling silver
Date letter: Gothic capital G for 1842
Duty mark: Queen Victoria profile
Length: 14 cm
Weight: 55g.
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