Consisting of 12 silver 2-tine dessert 2-tine forks,
and 12 dessert knives having scimitar II blades,
(the blades unmarked but apparently silver)
all with cast flat-sided pistol handles,
the terminal butts decorated with a short acanthus scroll

Marks : Mostly rubbed but showing visibly on some a DD,
(Dru Drury, Grimwade #455, registered 8/8/1720),
and a lion passant in an oval punch, as indicated for 1720-21

Note : At this time spoons would have been made separately by a spoonmaker,
and knives and forks as these by a haft-maker.
Dru Drury was a specialist maker of fine quality knife-hafts and hilts,
as was his son Dru Drury II.

Condition : Excellent, particularly for age and usage;
some small dents, but lacking the usual splits.

As with all early sets, not all pieces of a cutlery set are marked with the maker's mark.

6.25" Long, the Forks / 7.75" Long, the Knives
41.2 oz. Total

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Left Showing DD in an Oval, registered 1720 / Right Showing the Lion Passant in an oval punch

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George II Silver Straight 24-Piece Dessert Set - Pistol-Handled Knives & Forks, Drury, c1720 

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