Silver Forks and Grapefruit Spoons Set
A set of six George III provincial silver fiddleback forks by John Robertson II and John Walton, Newcastle 1816, of typical form, initialled F verso, 417 grams, together with a set of silver grapefruit spoons by Edward Viner, Sheffield 1930, weight 200 grams.
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- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
- Fiddleback - A name given to the pattern of the grain in some timbers, where the lines of the grain are compressed and at the same time wavy. Fiddleback grain is prized as a timber for furniture and musical instruments, and is expensive becasue of its scarcity.
In Australia fiddleback graining is found in blackwood. Other non-native timbers that are sometimes found with a fiddleback grain are mahogany and maple. - Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
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