Bread selling Fork Victorian Silver plated muffin server decorative fork cold meat charcuterie collection gift for hostess christmas table gothic
Very impressive Victorian bread fork Antique silver plated, muffin fork, decorative Victorian fork made c. 1850s by John Round & Son - mark until 1874.
Excellent quality.
Today you could use this beautiful fork for serving sliced meat and charcuterie, very decorative piece in your buffet.
Bread was an important part of meal for Victorians, it would be served as a side dish to most dinners, so bread forks become selling quite common to use.
Measures:
Lenght: 7.6"/ 19,5 cm
Max Wide: 1.7"/ 4,3 cm
Weight: 76 g
It was mainly used in Victorian times, when touching food was frowned up. Even in not so posh households, you had to have a bread fork to help yourself to the bread from a bread basket in the middle of table.
After you have used the bread fork and placed the slice of bread on your own plate, you could actually touch it with your hands
The Victorians are renowned for having elaborate dining implements and although bread is eaten with the hands it was considered rude to pick bread from the table with your hands, thus the bread fork became a regular part of the dining etiquette.
A large and very decorative silver plated bread fork or toast fork. Martin Hall & Co, Sheffield, with mark entered 1854.
In perfect vintage condition.
Today you could use this beautiful fork for serving sliced meat and charcuterie, very decorative piece in your bouffet.
Bread was an important part of meal for Victorians, it would be served as a side dish to most dinners, so bread forks become quite common to use.
Measures:
Lenght: 7.1"/ 18,2 cm
Max Wide: 1.7"/ 4,3 cm
Weight: 81 g
It was mainly used in Victorian times, when touching food was frowned up. Even in not so posh households, you had to have a bread fork to help yourself to the bread from a bread basket in the middle of table.
After you have used the bread fork and placed the slice of bread on your own plate, you could actually touch it with your hands
The Victorians are renowned for having elaborate dining implements and although bread is eaten with the hands it was considered rude to pick bread from the table with your hands, thus the bread fork became a regular part of the dining etiquette.
JOHN ROUND
JOHN ROUND & SON
JOHN ROUND & SON LTD
Sheffield
The firm was established by John Round in Sheffield in 1847 as a small familiar workshop attached to his house in Tudor Street. The business proved successful and the firm in partnership with his son Edwin went under the title of John Round & Son (1863). In 1874 the firm became John Round & Son Ltd and in 1886 the business of Ridge, Allcard & Co (Lions Works, Eyre Lane) was amalgamated and John Ridge became the manager. Supposedly, in this period the JR & S mark was sometimes accompanied by the "four tridents" trade mark, previously used by Joseph Ridge. The main factory was the renewed Tudor Works, Tudor Street, Sheffield while various showrooms operated in London. The firm was active at Tudor Works Tudor St (1852-1934)