Fork
Collection object
2002.0468
L. 20.2 L. handle 13.0 L. tines 4.8 W. across tines 2.6 W. handle min. 0.6 W. handle max. 2.0 T. max. 0.3 Wt. 54.8 g.
Fork, Limerick silver by William Fitzgerald, bright cut, Hanoverian pattern. Four tines. Handle widens gradually above the head towards the rounded upturned end which has a central triangular swelling on the upper surface. Bright cutting along the stem ending in a pointed oval space below the widest part of the handle, which has a sunburst of long and short radial impressions around a dot. Marks, on the underside of the handle below the widest part, WFG in rectangle and fleur de lis, twice.
William Fitzgerald (silversmith)