Stock No. 2187	Victorian silver Lincoln's Inn table fork
	Historical Victorian Old English pattern sterling silver table fork of extremely good weight. London 1840. By William Eaton. The gauge is superlative. There is hardly any sign of wear and the tines are in excellent condition. The front of the fork's stem is engraved lengthwise with the words Lincolns Inn in script. At the top of the stem is engraved T above W S with the date, 1840, engraved beneath. The hallmarks and the maker's mark are stamped on the reverse of the stem. The hallmarks are extremely crisp indeed and the maker's mark is very good but has been punched more softly.
	Maker :- William Eaton

Condition :-Extremely good indeed with scarcely any sign of wear and very crisp hallmarks
Hallmarked :- London 1840
Size :- 8 inches (20.32 cm) long
Weight :- 2.39 ozt (74.4 g)
There are, in fact, nine of these table forks currently in stock. They are all in the same excellent condition and heavy gauge. They all match the above fork's description, date and maker and all have the identical engraving. The T engraved at the top of the stem stands for Treasurer and the W S are the initials of the man who was Treasurer in 1840. Lincoln's Inn is one of the London Inns of Court. These were established at different times between the 14th and 17th centuries in some degree as colleges for teaching the law. Lincoln's Inn became an Inn of Court in 1310. The gardens of Lincoln's-inn-fields were laid out by Inigo Jones in about 1620. One or more of these forks would make an ideal gift to anybody who has a link with the legal profession.

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