Nice chunk of silver there!

[Lowbatts]

About 20 feet from the old well in the woods, pulled this thing out, it was standing upright in the ground trying to hide.

 

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[AmericanCoinHunting]

Way to catch that hiding silver lowbatts.......Tough to find on edge (Verticle)........But I think you got forked.......LOL.............(kidding)........Nice find.

 

[watercolor]

Yes that is a nice chunk of silver

That had to weigh in close to 1.5OZ!
I still think the rest of that place setting is at the bottom of the well

Thanks again for the invite

 

[Pocket Spill]

Awesome silver fork!

 

[kimsdad]

Awesome fork, Tim!!!

What a piece of history! If it could only talk....

That beats a bunch of Rosies any day in my book!

Thanks for the invite - I wish I could have joined you guys. I spent all day getting things ready & never got out at all...

 

[tmanfromtexas]

LB, that is a nice fork. Now find the rest of the silver set. LOL. TMAN...

 

[litefire56]

Really cool fork Tim! I'd love to find one personalized like that. Have you been able to trace the
Hallmark yet?

 

[Lowbatts]

Can't determine hallmark or model, but Fred Harvey pretty much invented the chain restaurant idea in the 1870's using railway stations to establish company-based dinner joints. Did you ever see the movie "The Harvey Girls"? (1940's) It's based on his hiring practices. Still poking around hallmarks but there's soooo many. This might have been swiped from one of his establishments!

Thanks John for the info on the piece, I hate to think you're right, but it does not say sterling anywhere on it. Looking at Gorham date marks however, P was used to denote 1883. The E before it may be a highly stylized E but I'd like to think it's another mark from the mfr. Can't determine the symbol in the cartouche and cannot find an anchor on it.

 

[litefire56]

Can't determine hallmark or model, but Fred Harvey pretty much invented the chain restaurant idea in the 1870's using railway stations to establish company-based dinner joints. Did you ever see the movie "The Harvey Girls"? (1940's) It's based on his hiring practices. Still poking around hallmarks but there's soooo many. This might have been swiped from one of his establishments!

Thanks John for the info on the piece, I hate to think you're right, but it does not say sterling anywhere on it. Looking at Gorham date marks however, P was used to denote 1883. The E before it may be a highly stylized E but I'd like to think it's another mark from the mfr. Can't determine the symbol in the cartouche and cannot find an anchor on it.

Yep, Gorham used the anchor all right, and I believe that's it inside the rectangle.