Sardine Fork (Part II)

I'm not sure the Sardine Fork is not one my favorite pieces of silver. I touched on this piece last year in a post but only showed one example. Here are some quaint samples of this peculiar little piece.


Radiant by Whiting (6 inches)





Bridal Rose by Alvin (4 1/4 inches)





Lily by Gorham (4 3/4 inches)





Alice by Fessenden (5 1/2  inches)





Renaissance by Tiffany (5  1/2  inches)





Marquis by Frank Whiting (5 3/4 inches)



Canterbury by Towle (4 1/8 inches)

Sardine Server

While we are on Sardines, I found the Sardine Server, which is different from the Sardine Fork and the Sardine Tong. 


Mary Chilton by Towle (5  1/4 inches)




Pynchon by Lunt ( 4 3/4 inches)





Grande Baroque by Wallace (6 1/2 inches)





Love Disarmed by Reed and Barton (6 1/2 inches)





Athene/Crescendo by Whiting (6 3/8  inches)

Mayflower - Revisted

Earlier I posted about Mayflower by Kirk and mentioned there were several Mayflower patterns. Well, here are some more. Now whether they are named in honor of that famous vessel or the flower, we may never know.  The patterns tend to be more simple designs. I found references to Mayflower patterns by Knowles, Shielber, Warner, Webb, and James Armiger but could find no examples of these.

Mayflower by Dominick and Haff (1911)





Mayflower by Jenkins and Jenkins





Mayflower by Coin





Mayflower by Frank Smith (1918)







Mayflower by Schofield (1900)





Mayflower by Watson (1914)





Mayflower by Manchester (1910)