Orders, Decorations & Medals - British Singles
Lot 3882 Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday) Orders, Decorations & Medals - British Singles
Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $5,100
SET OF SIX STERLING SILVER FIDDLEBACK FORKS, London, hallmarked 1802, maker CB/TB (Christopher & Thomas Wilkes Barker), with engraved monogram, 'W E B' (representing the initials of William and Elizabeth Bligh). Very fine and rare.
The CB/TB mark of Christopher Barker and his son, Thomas Wilkes Barker, of London was entered on 11 October 1800 in a partnership that appears to have lasted just over four years. These forks represent an important connection with the private lives of Captain William Bligh and his wife Elizabeth, as they would have been utilised in a domestic capacity by the couple. See also lots 769 and 2104.
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