MAKER'S MARK DL, A TREFOIL ABOVE AND A MULLET BELOW, SEE JACKSON REVISED, PAGE 131, CIRCA 1670

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A CHARLES II SILVER-MOUNTED TOASTING FORK
MAKER'S MARK DL, A TREFOIL ABOVE AND A MULLET BELOW, SEE JACKSON REVISED, PAGE 131, CIRCA 1670
the long turned wood handle with a central silver ferrule, the terminal with a reeded ball finial and a suspension ring, with a four tine fork - 96cm (37¾ in).
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Lot Essay

The earliest known toasting fork is the one made for a member of the Railton family of Norfolk engraved with the date 1561. The example offered here, as well as the following lot, are early survivors by a maker whose mark is recorded by Jackson from 'a long handled toasting fork'.
An unmarked example dated 1669 is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum where it is described as one of the earliest surviving examples. Another example with maker's mark FG over a mullet of circa 1690 is also in the collection.

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