6 John Cook coin silver "Anthemion" dinner forks
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New York circa 1855, length 8 inches, weight 10.41 Troy ounces (avg. 1.75 oz. T each), excellent condition, monogrammed "F.E.M." in period script; see third enlargement, marked with his trademark and J. Cook incuse.
One could spend a substantial number of hours searching through design patents looking for the original name of this pattern, and come up empty handed. Then again, one might find an exact date, and "design for the handle of a spoon." Either way, we find this early die struck pattern to be rather attractive, especially for the mix and match table setting.
See companion teaspoons a bit further down our webpage, and buy them both soon, before they're swallowed up by the smelter's gaping maw.
