Queens Pattern Dessert or Luncheon Fork by William I. Tenney ca.1820s

Offered is a nice American coin silver fork in the Queen's pattern or a variant thereof, by noted maker William Ingalls Tenney (1806-1848), probably dating to the 1820s before he went into partnership in 1828. This piece measures about 6 5/8 inches in length and weighs a very good 36 grams. This fork has a well-struck maker's mark and a partly legible address mark for Tenney's Broadway shop in New York City. It is also engraved to the front with a set of period initials, and was a gift piece. Condition is very good overall with minor and even tine wear and very little wear to the die-struck design. All in all an excellent piece on its own or to fill in a canteen!