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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10487269, member: 111"]While I haven't seen this knife-like form before, when I see small, close-together tines with pointy turned-up tips, I think lobster fork, used to pull the meat from crustacean shells. Personally, can't see any reason the seller wouldn't be correct in their identification, especially when they also show a set of typical French melon forks by the same maker, same pattern with the same monogram.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]527431[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.gslr-antiques.com/fr/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-crustaces-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gslr-antiques.com/fr/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-crustaces-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.gslr-antiques.com/fr/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-crustaces-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]527432[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.gslr-antiques.com/en/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-melon-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gslr-antiques.com/en/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-melon-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.gslr-antiques.com/en/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-melon-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More typical lobster fork, new silverplate:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]527433[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.siecle-paris.com/products/details/252/ref/629/fourchette-a-homard-feuille-dargent-en-metal-argente" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.siecle-paris.com/products/details/252/ref/629/fourchette-a-homard-feuille-dargent-en-metal-argente" rel="nofollow">https://www.siecle-paris.com/products/details/252/ref/629/fourchette-a-homard-feuille-dargent-en-metal-argente</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10487269, member: 111"]While I haven't seen this knife-like form before, when I see small, close-together tines with pointy turned-up tips, I think lobster fork, used to pull the meat from crustacean shells. Personally, can't see any reason the seller wouldn't be correct in their identification, especially when they also show a set of typical French melon forks by the same maker, same pattern with the same monogram. [ATTACH=full]527431[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.gslr-antiques.com/fr/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-crustaces-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php[/URL] [ATTACH=full]527432[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.gslr-antiques.com/en/boutique/argenterie/12-couteaux-melon-lxvi-lapparra-gabriel.php[/URL] More typical lobster fork, new silverplate: [ATTACH=full]527433[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.siecle-paris.com/products/details/252/ref/629/fourchette-a-homard-feuille-dargent-en-metal-argente[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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