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Cape Silver Fiddle Pattern Dessert Spoon & Fork- Fredrik Waldek [ Reserved ]     Order Form     Request more information
Reference: S11620
Period: Victorian
Year: 1830-1877
Silversmith: Fredrik Waldek
Place: Cape
Weight: 81 grams
Dimensions: 16.7 cm
Condition: Good, wear to fork tines and scratches to back of tines from use, spoon bowl slight wear and some very tiny dents.

Description: A matching Cape silver dessert spoon and fork in the Fiddle pattern, with very clear Cape silver pseudo marks. They are engraved with original owners initials JIB, which is slighty worn. The hallmarks are very clear, makers mark FW and the "Cape Stub", 4 pseudo - English hallmarks (lion passant, date letter, duty mark and leopard's head) struck mechanically in a fly press (see article on Cape Stub in "The Finial, 2007, and in the articles tab above). Fredik Waldek was also a chronometer, clock maker and jeweller. Heller (History of Cape Silver) commended Waldek for "excellent workmanship". Note - We have a matching pair of forks S 11619.
Cape Silver Fiddle Pattern Dessert Spoon & Fork- Fredrik Waldek
Cape Silver Fiddle Pattern Dessert Spoon & Fork- Fredrik Waldek

Cape Silver Fiddle Pattern Dessert Spoon & Fork- Fredrik Waldek
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Cape Silver Fiddle Pattern Dessert Spoon & Fork- Fredrik Waldek
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Cape Silver Fiddle Pattern Dessert Spoon & Fork- Fredrik Waldek
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