A George Sharp Parcel-Gilt Silver Cold Meat Fork with Applied Cast Turtle Rubelite Tourmaline

Rubelite Tourmaline

Gross weight 230

lot is consigned directly from the Lumet family

Gold-Filled

thin black line markers

A George Sharp Parcel-Gilt Silver Cold Meat Fork with Applied Cast Turtle Rubelite TourmalineA George Sharp Parcel Gilt Silver Cold Meat Fork with Applied Cast Turtle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1866 Marks: PATENT 1866, (lion S lion) 11 5 8 inches (29. 5 cm) 5. 56 troy ounces PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN The fork with monogram M. J. D. engraved to finial. Condition Report*: Slight bend to tip of one tine, dulling and rubbing to gilting, and general surface scratches, with wear commensurate with age and normal use.